Another &quot;dark pattern&quot; I recently noticed:<p>One page (member homepage perhaps) displays a list with the standard &quot;add these people to your network&quot; and in an absent-minded moment I clicked a few. Too late, I realised it was a mixed list of LinkedIn members and non-members extracted from my address book. Existing members, fine, they get an invite to connect. But non-members no doubt receive a message &quot;from austinjp&quot;.<p>I texted one friend a pre-emptive apology and logged out. I very rarely bother with LinkedIn, and this is another reason they leave me cold.