Also, some boundaries are socially fluid; some people think it's grossly inappropriate to use what is obviously a professional contacts site for romantic contacts, and some people (https://futurehappyself.com/2017/09/24/i-met-my-husband-on-l...) do not.
It makes it convenient to create a boilerplate disclaimer that specific avenues of interaction (including LinkedIn) are inappropriate to ask for dates.
This site isn't specific to LinkedIn. You can fill it out with anything apparently, even triggering an SSL certificate error if you try to politely warn people on this very site that you are not currently interested in a nerdy, yet romantic relationship:
https://hacker.news.reader.idont.date/on.Hacker.News
That's because I'm not allowed to have a generic certificate for ..domain :( (author here). I'm also a C++ programmer for a living, and this was originally just a home project for trying to self-learn how publishing pages work.
I met my fiancé unintentionally on LinkedIn. She reached out as recruiter to try and get in touch with HR at my company and we both had gone to the same university at the same time. She also included a link to her music in case I was interested.
I responded saying I had no idea how to help her as a software engineer but that I was surprised we hadn’t crossed paths. I said that I too was a musician and shared a link to some recording I made.
We started emailing due to mutual interest in concerts and our social meetup turned into a date.
I like to think that she didn't go to your university, only added her music after reading your profile, and is currently playing the long game - what better way to network with your colleagues, than a wedding?
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 60.9 ms ] threadBut still, the thought of being propositioned on LinkedIn makes me shudder in discomfort.
Also, some boundaries are socially fluid; some people think it's grossly inappropriate to use what is obviously a professional contacts site for romantic contacts, and some people (https://futurehappyself.com/2017/09/24/i-met-my-husband-on-l...) do not.
https://www.theonion.com/area-man-still-searching-for-hookup...
I responded saying I had no idea how to help her as a software engineer but that I was surprised we hadn’t crossed paths. I said that I too was a musician and shared a link to some recording I made.
We started emailing due to mutual interest in concerts and our social meetup turned into a date.
It wasn’t intentional but it worked out :)
I'm on the same boat nowadays :)
(or congratulations)
Fun idea :) It doesn’t handle some typical characters well though, like apostrophes.