@Burk That’s hilarious. I get a lot of “negging” spam. They begin by insulting my website, then offer to fix it. Makes me wonder if they went to the creepy-guy-at-a-bar school of business development.
@Cheri ack those are the worst! I get sooo many of those too.
“That thing you made sucks, but I can make it uber best cool with my skillz”
I now reply with a request for all their personal information so I can pay them immediately for SEOz!
@Burk Ha! I alternate between wanting to reply “kindly eff off and die” and “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” but I always hit delete. I’ve heard replying just validates that your email is good.
@Cheri @Burk I’ve been getting a LOT of similar LinkedInBS recently. Sidenote: I dearly want to tell LI to eff off, but have an active job hunt on the go, so it’s expected I have an up-to-date profile. Anyway, these are fake profiles sending fake requests for services. I don’t get it. They say “LinkedIn recommended your services,” which isn’t a thing. They’re from fake accounts, so even if someone responds, what data are they going to get?
I. Just. Don’t. Get. It.
Then again, if I did get it, would that mean I was one?
That said, Burk, your response is gold!
