Platform Restrictions

LinkedIn actively monitors for automation and has specific restrictions that can affect your accounts. Understanding these restrictions is critical for maintaining account health.

High-Risk Behaviors to Avoid

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The following behaviours are heavily monitored by LinkedIn and can lead to account restrictions.

Behavior	Risk Level	Alternative
Sending identical messages repeatedly	🔴 High	Personalize each message
Sudden spikes after inactivity	🔴 High	Gradually warm up accounts
Parallel processing (simultaneous actions)	🔴 High	We-Link handles sequential processing
Repeating the same action pattern with the same timing	🔴 High	Vary timing and action order
Performing profile visits or scraping at high volume	🔴 High	Limit to ~100 profiles/day
Any attempt to bypass throttling logic	🔴 High	Work within We-Link's safety limits
Template-heavy outreach	🟡 Medium	Vary message content
Using fake accounts	🔴 High	Use only real, established accounts
Excessive volume on new accounts	🔴 High	Start low, increase gradually
Sending many connection requests in short intervals	🔴 High	Space invites with random delays

Account Warm-Up Schedule

For new or recently reconnected accounts:

Week	Daily Connection Requests	Daily Profile Views	Daily Messages
Week 1	5–10	10–20	5–10
Week 2	15–25	30–50	10–20
Week 3	30–50	50–70	20–30
Week 4+	50–80	70–100	30–50

New Account Thresholds

Accounts with fewer than ~150 connections are treated differently by LinkedIn:

• Invitation delivery may require manual verification
• Some invitations may not appear in recipient's UI
• Higher chance of being flagged for automation
• We strongly recommend using only real, established accounts

LinkedIn Recruiter Specifics

LinkedIn Recruiter has additional constraints:

• Session limits — Recruiter limits the number of simultaneous sessions
• Credential warnings — Logging in via We-Link may trigger LinkedIn's credential sharing warning
• Session conflicts — LinkedIn may prompt users to choose which session to keep
• We-Link response — Returns RECRUITER_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT_REQUIRED when user action is needed

InMail Considerations

Subscription	Monthly InMail Allocation
Career	5 InMails
Business	15 InMails
Sales Navigator	50 InMails
Recruiter	30 InMails/month (may varies by contract)
Free InMails (open profiles)	~800/month

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Even without remaining credits, users can send free InMails to open profiles. These can be identified via profile retrieval or search results in Sales Navigator/Recruiter.

General Best Practices

1. Space out calls randomly — Never use fixed intervals; deterministic timing is a detection signal
2. Limit to 100/day per action type — Messages, reactions, comments, etc.
3. Avoid polling at fixed times — Randomize sync intervals by several hours
4. Reduce overnight activity — Accounts behave more naturally with lower frequency during off-hours
5. Cool down after high-risk actions — Wait 5–10 minutes after bulk messaging or connection request batches
6. Calculate your hourly budget — At 100 requests/hour, plan for ~1 request every 36 seconds on average
7. Spread work across the day — Submitting 500 requests at once causes queue delays; batch across hours instead
8. Use dedicated proxies — Ensure consistent IP fingerprinting via Proxy Configuration
9. Initial sync exception — You can do bulk retrieval during initial setup, then scale back
10. Monitor alerts — If the system warns about rate limits, adjust your workload immediately

We-Link actively restricts dangerous patterns to keep your LinkedIn account safe. See Safety & Platform Limits for the full processing model.