Comment by notpushkin
4 days ago
I’m a bit on the fence with this one. Sure, spam is bad, but they also enable you to reach out to somebody outside of the LinkedIn’s walled garden (personally, without automation).
If it enables a tiny startup trying to solve the exact problem I have to reach out to me – I’d say it’s a net positive (but not by a huge margin), and having to blacklist @mongodb.com with their certifications bullshit is a price I’m ready to pay. If more spammers get their hands on this kind of dataset though it’ll probably be a disaster.
I think your example goes out of the scope of an expensive platform like Apollo that exists to maintain a shadow profile based off of your online presence, though.
Maybe the thought occurs that one is only accessible on LinkedIn on purpose and just because a recruiter from 8 years ago has your number, it's not up for grabs?