A couple of
years ago, I thought LinkedIn was a “Facebook for professionals!” type
organisation, with colleagues discretely keeping in touch whenever there was a
pressing need. And it was a useful tool to understand what was happening within
the employment market.
Today, it seems
to be a different beast. I find it hard keeping up with stuff, mostly from people
so keen to start a discussion that all they do is republish a link to an old article.
Do they provide any of their own views on the issue in hand? Mostly not. So why
do they bother?
Possibly
because they’re keen to ensure that others notice the news, or perhaps because they’re
keen to get noticed as an “influencer” themselves.
And this is
a shame, as it devalues the occasions when someone actually has got something
interesting to say.
Also, I’m a little concerned that chum
of mine from France keeps asking me to stop inviting him to link with me. Much
as I respect him (and he is an extremely respectable professional), actually I don’t
remember inviting him, and I’m not sure which of the many settings on LinkedIn
I need to change to stop pestering him in future. His latest billet doux is
still couched in friendly terms, but I dread to think what will happen if I'm still sending him invites this time next
year:
“I’m getting regular
invitations to join your LinkedIn network -- do you think you could try to stop
these please? As I mentioned a while ago, it's nothing personal -- I just never
join this sort of network or acknowledge the invitations in any way (as doing
so encourages unsolicited emails from the network).”
If anyone knows how I
can stop my foul behaviour, please do get in touch.
Even via LinkedIn.
I’ll read
that one – I promise.
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