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They have 100 million users because it's impossible to close an account.

It's not impossible at all; I closed my account last year.

https://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/63

I found it impossible to do so some years ago, and my account has been left dormant ever since as a result. I'm sure I'm not the only person who faced this problem.

Why would you want to close your account? That's like throwing out your rolodex.

Do you work for LinkedIn?

That's a great question. The answer is no, but had you used LinkedIn that would have been easy to figure out.

YES! It was impossible for me to close my account.

I emailed them repeatedly and they claimed my account was closed. Then someone sent me a message (because my account was still appearing on the site..) and it REOPENED my account and I started getting email about it again. LinkedIn is the WORST.

How do I downvote?

Pass a karma threshold, which raises over time due to karma inflation.

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