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Daily limits and safety
LinkedIn watches for spike behaviour. SocialScalr keeps you under the radar with throttled timing, randomised pauses, and per-action caps you control.
The three zones
- Green - safe for any account, including brand-new and warming-up profiles. Use this for week 1.
- Amber - moderate. Most established accounts (90+ days, 500+ connections) sustain amber without issue.
- Red - aggressive. Older premium accounts with strong activity history can push here for short sprints. Not recommended as a default.
Recommended starting limits
| Action | Green | Amber | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connection requests / day | 15 | 35 | 80 |
| Messages / day | 20 | 50 | 120 |
| Withdrawals / day | 10 | 25 | 60 |
| Scrapes / day | 3 | 8 | 20 |
Warm-up mode
Toggle "Warm-up" on for accounts under 30 days old or accounts that have been quiet for a while. Warm-up:
- Reduces your effective limits to 30% for the first week.
- Spreads actions across a wider time window.
- Inserts longer human-like pauses between actions.
What triggers LinkedIn restrictions
- Sending invites with a 0% acceptance rate (LinkedIn reads this as spam).
- More than ~100 invites/day on a young account.
- Sending the same exact message to dozens of people in quick succession.
- Activity from multiple geographies in the same day (e.g. you're using a VPN).
If you get a restriction: Pause SocialScalr immediately. Wait 7-14 days, then resume in the green zone with warm-up on. Don't try to "test if it's lifted" by sending - LinkedIn extends restrictions on continued spike attempts.