LinkedOut

I hate spammers as much as anyone. Maybe more, since I have to deal with them as a blogger, too. LinkedIn isn't a spammer site, but I do get emails every now and again from someone asking me to join their network there. I signed up for LinkedIn ages ago but never use it since I 1) don't plan on applying for a job soon, or ever; b) don't plan on hiring anyone any time soon, or ever; and γ) find most networking sites irritating. So anyway, I got an email notifying me of LinkedIn join request, prompting me to go to the site and redo my settings to stop getting emails. I logged in, and it put up a Captcha screen: one of those forms where you have to type in displayed words to prove you're not a robot. I have no issue with this... usually. But here is ...