After dabbling with something new and far slower, LinkedIn is once again making it easy to grab a list of your contacts from the social network.

This weekend, the company said it is reverting to its previous contact download process, which delivers all the data in CSV format. LinkedIn says it decided to go back to its old ways following user outrage over a new system that took 24 to 72 hours to prepare a download.

“We’ve heard you loud and clear—that is too long to have to wait for a download of connection information,” Michale Korcuska, vice president of product management, wrote on LinkedIn’s security blog. “Effective immediately, we have turned the CSV download link back on.”

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