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By Ayat Shukairy on May 8, 2008 8:15 am
Posted in (Business)

Linkedin is a great networking tool that connects businesses, entrepreneurs, executives, and individuals on a daily basis. It’s a wonderful tool, but only when you can access your account.

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The strangest, most bizarre occurrence happened when I received 11 simultaneous e-mails notifying me that inmails, messages, and group submissions were terminated because of a severed connection by either party.

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At the time, I got the messages on my blackberry and did not have access to a computer. Once I got to my desk I ran to log in to Linkedin only to find that they no longer recognized my e-mail or password.

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I thought maybe my password was wrong so I requested them to send me a new password. To my surprise, they no longer had any evidence of my profile’s existence.

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Now whatever the reason, whatever the circumstance, this has got to be one of the poorest usability and service flaws I have ever experienced. How could they have no information about my account and no number for me to contact if there was a flagged concern? I am a paying customer which makes this even more outrageous and it has been proven quite difficult to get in touch with them.

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I click on the Ask Customer Service which is basically a “contact us” form.

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Pretty Straightforward, right?

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I did this a few times and still did not receive that “confirmation email” they promised. Every system has glitches but there must be a quick mitigating process to undo the damage. And apparently, I’m not the only one that has experienced this VERY same issue. I will be contacting their evangelist Mario Sundar with this issue. Have you had problems with Linkedin?

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5 Responses to “ Linked OUT?”

 
khalid Says -- May 8th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

Sorry to hear about the trouble Ayat. I am sure linkedin will do something to correct it.

 
Abi Bakar Says -- May 9th, 2008 at 7:26 am

yes im sorry too ayat

 
Anthony Says -- May 9th, 2008 at 9:11 am

Man, that’s not to clever is it? Is Linkedin a paid service?

 
ayat Says -- May 9th, 2008 at 11:11 am

It is a free service, but you can pay for premium memberships, which I did….I’m still trying to get through to them.

 
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