[bfstein]

You can turn that off.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141009022529-27827108-how-t...

[rhizome]

That they create a blog post for that rather than easily discovered UI elements (hover?!), says a lot about LinkedIn as a company.

[ghaff]

It's pretty easy to discover--under privacy in your profile. But, yes, the fact that a number of these types of settings are opt-out rather than opt-in is a pretty dark pattern.

[ryandrake]

Wow, never realized that! This is something that you should have to opt-in to, not opt-out.