It should be done as a ratio of IDK to acceptance. Five or ten IDKs might be a lot if you only sent out fifteen invites. But if you sent out five hundred, it's probably no big deal.

Mark Gessner wrote:
It should be done as a ratio of IDK to acceptance. Five or ten IDKs might be a lot if you only sent out fifteen invites. But if you sent out five hundred, it's probably no big deal.

I hope you are right, Mark. I am up to four IDKs. OTOH, I have over 2,500 connections, and have sent over 1,000 in the last week or two.

Mark Gessner wrote:
It should be done as a ratio of IDK to acceptance. Five or ten IDKs might be a lot if you only sent out fifteen invites. But if you sent out five hundred, it's probably no big deal.
Are you asking their customer service to think? Come on... It is like if you were asking them to service anyone

Francois E Aubert wrote:
Mark Gessner wrote:
It should be done as a ratio of IDK to acceptance. Five or ten IDKs might be a lot if you only sent out fifteen invites. But if you sent out five hundred, it's probably no big deal.
Are you asking their customer service to think? Come on... It is like if you were asking them to service anyone

They didn't freeze my account, but they did this:

Please note: You cannot send invitations from this page because several recipients of your invitations indicated that they don’t know you. This safeguard is in place to prevent users from receiving unwanted invitations from people they don’t know. Customer Service can remove the restriction at anytime once you’ve indicated you understand the policy. Note that you can always invite another LinkedIn user by going to their profile and entering an email address.
I have over 2,500 contacts, and in the last two weeks, have sent out over 1,000 invitations. The only IDKs I received were from that group - there were four (4), or less than one-half of one-percent.

I like it

I'm new here and wanted to start building my network, so I downloaded the list of "October2007acceptALL" and entered them into the "add contacts" page on LinkedIn.

No problem yesterday, but today they are now requiring the first and last name of the contact. The list only provides the email address, no names.

I think LinkedIn knows what is happening and is deliberately throwing up roadblocks. Can we get these lists with names?

What happens if you go over the 5 IDK limit? Will they shut our accounts down?

Thanks,
Suzette

Brian,

I had the same experience a while ago. Wait for a couple of weeks and write LI that you understood the lesson and you will be a good boy in the future . They will reinstate your rights...

Francois

Suzette West wrote:
What happens if you go over the 5 IDK limit? Will they shut our accounts down?

Thanks,
Suzette

No, they first burn you, then they cut you in pieces, then ...

See my answer to Brian, just above.

Francois E Aubert wrote:
Suzette West wrote:
What happens if you go over the 5 IDK limit? Will they shut our accounts down?

Thanks,
Suzette

No, they first burn you, then they cut you in pieces, then ...

See my answer to Brian, just above.

Oh what fun! lol!

Thanks for the advice.