LinkedIn Hates Me

Throughout 2024 LinkedIn has intermittently restricted my account and provided to clear explanation.

Each time I was able unlock my account after going through a security check, identity verification and a period of waiting, usually up to 2 weeks.

This happened to me one last time around the beginning of 2025. At that point I have really given up using LinkedIn altogether due to this inconvenience. I even used to have a link to my LinkedIn on my blog, which I removed because it was pointing to a dead page essentially.

These days I am trying to get more serious in my blogging, video and digital goods creation journey. Quite a few people and non-people (LLMs) have suggested audiance growth through LinkedIn. I told them what I will be telling you in this blog post: LinkedIn hates me and I am unable solve this or even understand why.

Perhaps not being on LinkedIn is a blessing considering that the platform has become more like Facebook with a touch of business-talk. Also the last thing I remember about being on LinkedIn was bot accounts making me irresistible offers about AWS cost cutting servies. It was funny because they did not ask for money, they only asked for AWS credentials.

Anyhow. I believe anyone who wishes to reach an audiance as large as possible cannot be choosers. So I am begging you LinkedIn: What have I done to piss you off so much?

What Happened So Far

So after many months of LinkedIn closing my account, I was finally convinced to attempt to unlock my account yet again.

This time it was different. I've sent a security verification, I think even received a confirmation e-mail that it was submitted. However I waited quite a long time and received no answer. I could not send another verification either, because it was showing me that it was already sent (Fig. 1).

So I have decided to submit an appeal. If you've gone through this process before, you might be familiar with the fact that it is really, really difficult to find LinkedIn's appeal contact form. A lot of "contact LinkedIn" links point you to pages where you have to be a logged in user. So LinkedIn is basically like, "aww, is your account restricted? Well just log in and reach out to us. Oh you can't login? Ahaha too bad, sucks to be you."

For all those lost time, for what it is worth, I will proudly paste the link to LinkedIn appeal form here (as of July 2025): Contact LinkedIn support .

So basically I've sent that form. And lo and behold, I did receive an answer (Fig. 2):

This is really weird that my account does not comply with their rules. What could I have possibly done? I am as curious as you are.

I am aware that these faceless companies are really all so automated, that I should be happy even to have received this answer. But I think I deserve a more clear answer.

So I reach them out again. I fill out the form and try to send it. And surprise surprise (Fig. 3):

Same result in other browsers. I guess I will just go fuck myself.

Or I can create another account under a different e-mail, only for that to be abused by LinkedIn for mysterious reasons too. I bet if I make another account, this time they will say:

Conclusion

I feel quite helpless against this restriction. It is really not a big deal that I am not on LinkedIn. But for me this was the most recent and personal epitome of how a giant company can simply remove you from their platform. And now real people in the business world think I am lazy or doing something wrong that I haven't yet activated my account again.

I have written this post as a cry of help. Honestly, on the Internet I have a faint hope that I might receive some form of help. So yeah, here we go. What do you guys think? Do you know human working at LinkedIn that might help me?