It seems like some people haven’t learned that becoming an adult means that you gain self-control.
Everyday I see failures which a simple self-control would have prevented the problem.
Lets take some examples with LinkedIn. Today I received for the second time someone trying to sell me something. I deleted it the first time, and when they do it a second time I politely tell them I am not interested and then block them.
If someone doesn’t respond they aren’t interested. LinkedIn messages are a privilege and not a means of sales.
LinkedIn spam is pretty constant. It just depends on what kind of junk you get. Lately I haven’t been getting pig butchering schemes which is a nice change. I get people who are trying do do B2B with me even though I am not really in business. I created my business page so that I could publish using an API years ago and now it just gives me an interesting insight into how business people are treated here.
I politely tell them the first time that I am a sole proprietor and just a consultant and 99% of the time people say sorry and then don’t bother me again. That is exactly what should happen. However in the last two weeks I had someone who I ignored, deleted and then blocked and then his office had the gall to call me to invite me as though I didn’t see the original email message! I told them that I was not interested politely, but there should be no phone communication unless you are a recruiter looking for someone with my skills.
This isn’t just about me, but about the ability of adults to consider the intentions of a site like LinkedIn. No one wants to be annoyed with things they don’t want. So just assume marketers they they don’t want you unless they expressly say/do something that shows interest. If you cross that line your audience will not respect you and feel negatively about your service/product.