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CEO appears not to have a linkedin page (really?) CFO: www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-carney/a/494/713 CPO: www.linkedin.com/pub/roseann-duran/0/66a/971

... it goes on https://www.web.com/aboutus/leadership.aspx

they're publicly traded: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WWWW Would be interesting if Yahoo ran this on their finance news site.

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CEO appears not to have a linkedin page (really?)

You shouldn't be surprised when people choose not to have LinkedIn profiles. I quit LinkedIn because they were spamming me. They were also selling spamming privileges (or InMail) to anyone willing to pay. The user experience is below average, the groups are pathetic, and recommendations have become essentially worthless.

So really, having a LinkedIn profile isn't obligatory.

I commented a while back on LinkedIn spam, and got the distinct feeling I was an odd one out here (and that it was up to me to filter their crap out). Their service provided me with the contact details of someone who damaged my car - and calling his employer got things rolling fast after weeks on inaction. However the LinkedIn spam still tracks me down occasionally months after fleeing the service.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6937823

I've just stopped caring what people think anymore. It's become a 'the blind leading the blind' sort of thing.

Isn't this why filters in gmail exist?

I never signed up to LinkedIn and I get their spam...

I have hidden my LinkedIn account and removed all subscriptions. They still spam me. I am considering cancelling it altogether. Haven't quite brought myself to that action yet, but not sure why. I haven't used it regularly ever and haven't logged in in two or three years.

I consider LinkedIn less than worthless.

Exactly this. I checked all of the do not email me and do not make my profile visible options, and it hardly made a difference. I intend to remove my account too when I get around to it,

Don't worry, they'll still spam you after you quit. The only way I've ever found to stop them emailing an address is to add it as a secondary contact to another account.

If you're the CEO of such a well-known company, I'm not sure what additional value Linkedin really would provide. He probably has tons of connections already.

You are probably right but is that the message you want to be sending if you are the CEO of Linkedin?

We’re talking about David L. Brown, the CEO of Web.com :)

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