--- title: "LinkedIn should punish the “comment X to get access” bait spam" url: https://daily.dev/posts/linkedin-should-punish-the-comment-x-to-get-access-bait-spam-ke83ywya0 source_url: https://christianheilmann.com/2026/03/02/linkedin-should-punish-the-comment-x-to-get-access-bait-spam/ type: article source: "Christian Heilmann" published: 2026-03-02T13:55:09.938Z updated: 2026-03-02T13:55:28.237Z tags: ["social-media", "linkedin"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # LinkedIn should punish the “comment X to get access” bait spam **[Christian Heilmann](https://daily.dev/sources/christianheilmann)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A critique of the 'comment X to get access' engagement-bait pattern spreading across LinkedIn and other social platforms. The tactic asks users to comment a specific word to receive a resource via DM, artificially inflating engagement metrics. The author argues this benefits nobody: commenters look foolish, posters still have to manually send DMs, platforms get noise instead of content, and readers can't find meaningful discussion. LinkedIn is called out for rewarding interaction quantity over quality, and the author urges the platform to penalize rather than promote such posts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [LinkedIn - What a dumbster fire](https://daily.dev/posts/linkedin---what-a-dumbster-fire-r8zenqwjs) · We Are .NET · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media), [#linkedin](https://daily.dev/tags/linkedin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/linkedin-should-punish-the-comment-x-to-get-access-bait-spam-ke83ywya0)