[askafriend]

groan...grabs pitchfork

But seriously though, why does LinkedIn refuse to learn time and time again? There's a line between being aggressive and being outright dishonest and the line isn't all that hard to determine. Uber is often aggressive but rarely are they dishonest in their practices (at least not egregiously from what I know). But at this point LinkedIn is the leader in practices like this and it's not all that clear to me that it's a great long term strategy.

[treve]

I don't think there's a lesson to be learned. Their strategy is wildly successful.

[edoceo]

The lesson is for users: be wary, click 'decline'

[TheSpiceIsLife]

How can we be sure clicking 'Decline' has the behaviour we would expect?

The lesson is: don't use these services.