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by guessmyname 1563 days ago
I am still salty about a ban AngelList applied on my profile after I reported a (supposedly) CEO of a Los Angeles startup for insulting me when I rejected an invitation to join them. Instead of banning this person’s account, they banned mine. Interestingly, AngelList still sends me emails saying “[User] is interested in your profile”, even though I can’t log into the platform anymore. The unsubscribe button doesn’t even work.
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hi - CEO of AngelList Talent here. Sorry about that. Could you email me at amit@angel.co and I can get it sorted
I decided to send an email to invest@angel.co instead, requesting deletion of my personal information based on Art. 17 GDPR - Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten'). Rick Segers promptly confirmed that my profile had just been deleted following my request. That is good and all, but I would have liked more the same level of responsiveness 1.5 years ago when I reported the insults from the alleged CEO.
there is a little miscommunication. I got an automated message saying 'lots of people are intersted in your profile, we'd love to promote it', but the person in charge of that really thought my profile was garbage and didn't want to. ok, your choice...1 week later the same message
Same kind of feedback here though I wasn't banned, my complaint was just ignored.
speaks to their customer support acumen