Do you have any idea why you access was blocked?
Did you have 2FA enabled before you encountered this problem?
You are less likely to encounter account verification problems when you have 2FA enabled.
From a professional standpoint, if you want to move about the working world, there is no benefit in not having a LinkedIn account that is linked to your real name.
On the flip side, from a privacy standpoint, there is a benefit in having a 2nd anonymous LinkedIn account, in order to be able to view people’s profiles anonymously, as LinkedIn requires an account to view them.
Yes. It absolutely can.
That’s why I would have used a Proton Pass / SL alias in your shoes.
That being said, I do worry, that LinkedIn could block you because you used an alias.
I don’t use my LinkedIn account. I log into it maybe once a year. However, I remember that after I changed my account email to an alias, months later when I tried to log in for the first time I had some issues. I don’t remember the details, but I believe it was related to my alias.
This is why when I added my alias as my default email address for my LinkedIn account, I preemptively did not remove my Gmail address which was previously the default. I was worried I could run into issues, so I kept both on record, with my alias as the default.
I hope to one day remove my Gmail address, which I stopped using years ago. Right now I don’t have any issues logging into LinkedIn with my alias, but part of me believes it is because my Gmail address is still officially tied to the account.
I advise you to switch to an alias as the default, and use a Big Tech email address as a secondary one, if only temporarily to get your account used to the alias.
I’m not sure what you mean by this.
Are you saying that the emails sent to your aliases are forwarded to your Proton Mail address? That’s not a problem. That’s how it’s supposed to work. Having said that, I deliberately make my inbox address with Proton Pass / SL a unique email address. In other words, it’s an address I don’t use for anything else. I advise you to do the same if you have a paid Proton Mail or Tuta account.
IMO, the best options are:
- Delete your account and start a new account from scratch.
I understand that may be too extreme, but if it is possible, I would back up all my LinkedIn contacts, and wait at least a month before creating a new account.
For the new account I would do the following:
Let assume your real name is: JORDAN CASEY SMITH.
Does your full name appear on LinkedIn?
In other words does it include your middle name(s)?
If not, I would create a new account with the name JORDAN C. SMITH.
If LinkedIn has your full name, I would do the same thing, i.e. just have the initial of your middle name. Or J. C. SMITH.
If there is a common nickname for your name, I would also consider using that.
For example, Max instead of Maxine. Bob instead of Robert. And maybe Jordy, instead of Jordan?
You may also have a name that has many known nicknames like: Betty, Bets, Liz, Lizzy, Izz, Eliza, Ellie, Libby, Elsie, Bee, Betsy, etc..all for Elizabeth. That gives you plenty of choice.
If that doesn’t work, you cold also deliberately misspell one of your names, and change it a month after the account is created:
JORDAN SMYTH
JORDAN C. SMYTH
JORDAN KASEY SMITH
JORDAN KASEY SMYTH
JORDIN SMITH
JORDIN SMYTH
I know lots of people who don’t use their full name on LinkedIn.
- Change your default account email to an alias and add a Big Tech address as a second.
Remove your Proton address and see how it goes for a couple of months with the alias as your default, and Big Tech as your second. Eventually, you might be able to remove your Big Tech address.
You don’t have to go for option 1 straight away, you can always start with option 2, see how it goes, and after three or six months, move to option 1.
. Maybe changing stuff on my account triggered it I’m not sure.