As much as I dig it seems on LinkedIn you can add connections with amazing ease, but I have not been able to find any place in the interface to remove a connection. ¶
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Rob | April 20th, 2006 @ 2:38 pm |
You can’t. Buried somewhere on the website is a notice saying that removing a connection requires that you send them an e-mail.
rob | April 20th, 2006 @ 2:47 pm |
oh, that’s LinkedOut
Matt | April 20th, 2006 @ 3:12 pm |
Wow, attack of the Robs!
(Not really) Rob | April 20th, 2006 @ 3:15 pm |
So what is it about linked in that people like? I have made an account and have added folks and had folks add me, but I have not grokked the ‘coolness factor.’
Glenda | April 20th, 2006 @ 3:19 pm |
Who are you getting rid of? ;P
Firas | April 20th, 2006 @ 3:26 pm |
I think the model of requiring a confirmation of the contact is a better idea? One-way links just create public displays of awkwardness.
Matt | April 20th, 2006 @ 3:29 pm |
I agree requiring confirmation is nice, but I want to prune my list a bit.
Glenda | April 20th, 2006 @ 3:31 pm |
Just kidding, Matty. So it seems that LinkedIn got back to me.
You have to email Customer Service and then there’s a radio button that says: “I would like to break a connection between myself and another user.”
They respond back to you with an email:
Not the most efficient process, huh.
rob | April 20th, 2006 @ 3:38 pm |
your rob reader quotient is obviously off the charts.
Robert Accettura | April 20th, 2006 @ 4:11 pm |
Another rob, reporting for duty!
Adam Platti | April 20th, 2006 @ 5:27 pm |
If you remove a connection, do they send an email to the removed person telling them that you deleted them? I would want to do it silently in almost all cases.
Lloyd D Budd | April 20th, 2006 @ 11:23 pm |
This reminds me Matt, to add you to my network :p
Ike | April 21st, 2006 @ 9:54 am |
What if you wanted to do a “mass delete,” say, getting rid of everyone named “Rob”?
Jules | April 21st, 2006 @ 12:12 pm |
Wouldn’t that be Rob-acide?
Jonathan Holst | April 22nd, 2006 @ 3:39 pm |
Once a contact, always a contact
Jonathan Holst | April 22nd, 2006 @ 3:39 pm |
Or, well, connection. You know.
Mutant | May 1st, 2006 @ 8:49 am |
It might be inefficient, but the folks that run LinkedIN (mostly Chinese), really respond quickly to emails. I joined a group called Linkedin Lions, and god that was a mistake, its to get your network bigger, but its full of morons. Anywho, I quickly got folks removed from my network quickly.
I think the reason its manual is because removing a connection means you’re affecting someone else’s network, and I don’t think they want careless adding/removing of network, making the site ineffective.
My $.02.
Barrett | October 4th, 2006 @ 12:47 pm |
Now you can do it yourself:
http://www.linkedin.com/connections?displayBreakConnections=