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deadfriend on Feb 5, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company'...

A friend of mine died almost a decade ago before linkedin became a thing and I see those occasionally. Someone must have done the same for him.

ShellfishMeme on Feb 5, 2016 [–]

Linkedin also wanted to connect me with my dead grandfather a few weeks after he died. I'm pretty sure he never had an account there. Felt a bit weird to have that email pop up suddenly.

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