Drop No tool can promise zero risk, because LinkedIn does not publish its limits. The risk comes from sending faster or more than a person could. Drop ramps each account up slowly (new accounts start at 15 DMs a day), caps a warmed account at 100 DMs, 75 public replies and 40 accepted requests a day, sends only 8am to 6pm, and stops for 76 hours if LinkedIn pushes back.
01What LinkedIn says, and doesn't
LinkedIn's user agreement does not allow third-party software that automates activity. It does not publish how many messages, replies or accepts a day are too many, and the line moves with account age and how people respond to you.
In practice, restrictions follow patterns a person could not produce: hundreds of messages in an hour, activity at 3am every night, the same message pasted 200 times in a row.
02The limits Drop uses
- Up to 100 DMs a day once warmed up; new accounts start at 15 and ramp
- At most 20 public replies a day and 140 a week
- At most 40 accepted requests a day, and never more than 8 in an hour
- No more than 150 actions a day in total
- Sends only from 8am to 6pm, in your time zone
- About a minute between actions, varied like a person
- If LinkedIn ever pushes back, a full stop for 76 hours, then a slow return at a quarter speed
These are the same limits Gelee uses for its outreach clients. Drop only ever messages people who commented your word, which is the kind of message LinkedIn users expect to get.
03What the limits cost you
Speed. A post with 300 keyword comments takes about two weeks of public replies at 20 a day. DMs to connected people go first and fastest.
FAQQuestions people ask
Can my account get banned?
Any automation carries some risk, and nobody can honestly promise none. Keeping volume low, sending in working hours and only messaging people who asked is how Drop keeps it small.
Does Drop use my password?
You log in with LinkedIn in a secure window. Drop does not see or store your password.
Can I disconnect?
Any time, from Settings. Drop also disconnects accounts that have not run a Drop for 30 days.
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