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Attn Management

Why

After many requests to divorce LinkedIn from my WR profile.

Am I getting requests to connect today? From a close, as in I can see them right now, colleague no less.

I don't share that I'm on the WR. I don't want people to find me.

Fucking. Fix. This.

Prett please.
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CuriousFox
WR Officer
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🦊
https://bravado.co/war-room/posts/public-profile-removal-steps

https://bravado.co/war-room/posts/public-profile-removal-part-2

https://bravado.co/war-room/posts/butler-upvote

It's so much fun being ignored.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
5
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Out of curiosity, were you able to make an appointment to talk to the devs? I wasn't able to - but I think this might be covered.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
🦊
No and I haven't heard otherwise 🤔
HVACexpert
Politicker
2
sales engineer
I was and specifically addressed this. Hopefully fixed soon.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
🦊
Lip service.
HVACexpert
Politicker
2
sales engineer
I tagged the Dev
bravadojanitor
Opinionated
0
product
No such thing as lip service in my dictionary. Feel free to grab some time with me, we can hash it out. @CuriousFox@Sunbunny31
https://calendly.com/bravado-pm/30min
CuriousFox
WR Officer
1
🦊
So the public profiles are going away? Or we will be able to opt out of it completely? We also will be able to disconnect our LinkedIn from our WR account? We will be able to see who actually upvotes us again?
bravadojanitor
Opinionated
1
product
1. Public profiles are not going away
2. You are currently able to manually change your public name to something else to 'opt out', but we are now finding ways to divorce public from Linkedin.
3. Yes? But not right now. As we already have seen, the WR has delicate fabric holding it together, it isn't a simple switch (on/off), it's more like finding the right wire to cut out of tons of wires. If we cut the wrong one... we'd rather wait to make sure it's the right one.

@CuriousFox
Sunbunny31
Politicker
2
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Appreciate the offer - am currently in EOQ and have a big first month for Q2 as well. I'll see if I can sort out some time.
bravadojanitor
Opinionated
0
product
@Sunbunny31All the best for that! My Calendly link will be in my profile, schedule anytime!
CuriousFox
WR Officer
0
🦊
Same here 🐇. Tag me when you get a lil bit of free time Q2 and I'll do it with ya. ❤🦊
jefe
Arsonist
4
🍁
Was waiting for you to jump in, Foxy. I was too lazy to find your posts, but truly appreciate your work here.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
4
🦊
I'm glad someone does bb ❤
jefe
Arsonist
1
🍁
Always !
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
2
☕️
My gurl. I also scraped the shit out of my public profile and turned it off from public view.
Pachacuti
Politicker
6
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
The devs know this is important to most of us.
bravadojanitor
Opinionated
2
product
Yes! We KNOW it's mission critical to you guys, so we are working on it. We're just moving slower to not break anything else while fixing.
jefe
Arsonist
6
🍁
I've only gotten one, but it scared me enough that I'm now 'Private Private' with everything scrubbed.

Picture is just clipart from Google.
RedLightning
Politicker
1
Mid-Market AE
me too! are we related?
jefe
Arsonist
4
🍁
.
braintank
Politicker
1
Enterprise Account Executive
I did the same thing but it won't let me delete my work history and education (which is scraped from LinkedIn)
jefe
Arsonist
0
🍁
Pretty sure it just took some finagling but I got it done. It really shouldn’t be this hard, but I think you can do it
antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
5
Bravado's Resident Asshole
WOW. "but we won't dox you"
bravadojanitor
Opinionated
1
product
IMO, still holds true but I'm open to discuss. Grab some time with me?
https://calendly.com/bravado-pm/30min
Sunbunny31
Politicker
5
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Oh no. I'm still not sure what "connecting" here even gets you. I don't want to "connect" with anyone - but this probably makes me not the Bravado ICP.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
7
🦊
I don't want a public profile. Or the option. Periodt.
jefe
Arsonist
4
🍁
.
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
4
Sales Rep
Are we able to edit the non-anonymous to make it anonymous? Like edit the profile to change my name and picture so under name its X X with a picture of a cat?
bravadojanitor
Opinionated
1
product
Yes you can!

https://bravado.co/war-room/posts/transcription-ama-with-sahil-on-optional-anonymity

23:45:Sahil gives a quick 5-minute demo on how to detach your public profile if you want to. How to immediately prevent self-doxing at33:15.Another demo on how to unhinge your LinkedIn from your public profiles at43:34.

bravadojanitor
Opinionated
3
product
Hey everyone! You are absolutely not getting ignored, this issue is top of mind and we discuss it on a weekly cadence.

I know it’s not the solution any of you want, but to clarify, there are two main versions of you on Bravado:
1. Professional/Public Profile (Since 2017) - The name you used to sign up with Bravado. This includes data you've shared in "My Portfolio", which comes with its own ability to private elements within the portfolio page. [Connections come from here]
2. Private/Anonymous WR Profile (Since 2021) - The username you chose to interact anonymously within the WR. This anon WR username only exists within the WR.

These two are NOT connected in any way. Only you can see them both. With that...

Here’s some further context:
- Bravado currently uses LinkedIn to verify that all of you are who you say you are (so your LI is linked to your public profile on Bravado)
- Your anonymous WR identity is NOT linked to your public profile/LI
- Connections requests are coming in because of your public profile/LI
- Users who imported their contacts and have your public profile/LI are able to see your public profile on Bravado and send a connection request (never your WR username)

What you can do (for now) :
- Go to your “My Portfolio”
- Turn off “Share to Web”
- You will receive confirmation that it is “Not Shared”
By doing so, you are removing your public portfolio from being discovered on Bravado/the web.

[Bonus Steps] To scrub you off Bravado:
- Change your first and last name via My Portfolio
- Remove all your work experience from My Portfolio
By doing so, you are super-removing your public portfolio from being discovered.

What Bravado is currently working on:
- Tracking down the instances where users get connection invites from other users they don’t believe should have their contact info
- A solution to separate public profile from LinkedIn without breaking anything
-The ability to delete your public profile while leaving your anonymous WR profile intact (yes, this is different from above)
- The ability to opt-out ENTIRELY from Connections

Why are these features taking so long?
Because product development is a 6-12 month process, with these steps ( https://www.productplan.com/glossary/product-development-process/)!These issues occurred in Feb/March, and we are now in early stages of diagnosing the issues/finding the fixes.


To summarize, receiving connections invites does not mean this user knows your anonymous WR handle. And no, your public profile is NEVER linked to your private profile. It does mean a user has discovered your public professional profile, and wanted to connect!
HVACexpert
Politicker
1
sales engineer
@poweredbycaffeine @CuriousFox
HVACexpert
Politicker
2
sales engineer
@bravadojanitor can you help us with this issue please??
bravadojanitor
Opinionated
1
product
Thanks for the summon! Wrote a long essay above.
Justatitle
Big Shot
1
Account Executive
Damn.
Maximas
Tycoon
1
Senior Sales Executive
Same here, apparently you're not the only person, come on @sahil,haven't you promised us to get that resolved already.
Let us know when it's over and Happy Ramadan.
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
1
☕️
Sahil doesn’t respond to us anymore. In @Gasty we trust
sahil
Notable Contributor
4
Deepak Chopra of Sales
Sorry I've been OOO on babymoon - getting back tomorrow. Will revert back as soon as I get caught up
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
3
☕️
He hath not forsaken us. Mooning is cool.
bravadojanitor
Opinionated
0
product
@Maximas@poweredbycaffeineSahil is actually busy baking a bun in the oven right now( hence the MIA), but if either of you would care to join me you know how to reach me.

https://calendly.com/bravado-pm/30min

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