Woman calls out creep who tried to chat her up on LinkedIn… and she’s not the only one
Hannah Ray, 27, shared the cringeworthy encounter with her Twitter followers
LINKEDIN is the last place most would think of as the perfect platform to search for a date - but for one creepy chap apparently disagrees.
A US woman called Hannah Ray, 27, called out the unnamed man after he slid in to her private messages on the professional networking site to chat her up.
Hannah revealed the message thread on with the caption: "No DM is sacred not even LinkedIn".
The unsolicited message from the man, whose identity Hannah had protected, read: "Would you be willing to relocate if the right opportunity came along?"
Hannah's response was: "I'm not actively seeking out a new position at the moment.
"However, generally speaking, if the right job at the right time became available I would be open to relocation."
"What about the right man? ;)" he replied.
The tweet amassed thousands of shares and likes, with many other women reassuring Hannah that she was not alone in the creepy encounter.
One woman called Melissa shared her own encounter from a different man who asked her to go for coffee, she said of the interaction: "The best part was that one of the suggested responses was simply 'Lol'"
"UGGGH YES. I used to have my email address on my LinkedIn profile until I got this email. Gross," a woman named Laura explained posting a screengrab of an email she had received from a man who told her she was 'gorgeous' and that he wanted to date her.
Many people responding to Hannah's thread urged men not to use the networking platform as a dating site.
"Why does this happen SO MUCH on LinkedIn," said SheRatesDogs - an account that shames texts from exes.
A man oblivious to what women experience on social media added: "I (as a man that doesn’t encounter these things regularly) honestly had no idea that it was a normal thing... Really cringey though."
Another person called Merlin agreed: "This is madness. LinkedIn is one place that people should not mention dating at all."
The LinkedIn help account noticed Hannah's viral tweet and replied: "Hi Hannah, thank you for speaking on this.
"It’s absolutely not acceptable to send inappropriate messages on LinkedIn.
"We take these reports very seriously and have tools in place to report and block."
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