Getting Spammed on LinkedIn

Nothing annoys me more than a clunky spam reporting system. Spammers are a fact of life - we just have to deal with them. I take a certain relish in the ability to report them to Spam with the click of a button. It's a pledge of loyalty to users of your product - whether it be Twitter, Facebook, email hosts, or any other interactive tool used online.

LinkedIn is not winning the SpamWars in my book. This "personal invitation" to the Donald Trump seminar popped up in my inbox last week. It is obviously a "money making" event (scheme - whatever is the preferred term) using the Trump brand. I was annoyed because this man used my choice to allow other group members to email me.

When I searched Spamming in the FAQ database on LinkedIn - it basically put the 'reporting' responsibility on me. (The most information I could get was about how I receive Spam from other Group Members.) With all of the functionality updates on LinkedIn, it makes me think that I should not have to seek out the owners of the groups where I am being spammed and "tattle" on the Spammer. In the interest of doing something practical, put a "report Spam" button on there and allow us to select the connection. As seen in the image I posted, the Spammer identified himself as part of a Marketing Group that I belong to. So LinkedIn could easily have me check off the connections and send a notification to the group owners automatically - saving me, a 'non-abusive' member of their community a lot of hassle.

What do you think? Next upgrade - LinkedIn joins the force against spammers.