Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Un-networked
One of my favorite business networking sites is LinkedIn, which has grown from a contacts database with bells on into a valuable resource that I'm consulting to find out background information on potential clients.
Building contacts is one thing that all diligent networkers are focused on - as is evident from the daily network updates I get via RSS about who's added whom as a connection on LinkedIn.
On LinkedIn's homepage I also get shown names of people I might know and therefore wish to add as connections - this leads to a quick quiz asking for some salient details of where/when you have come across the contact in question.
One of the radio buttons is labeled: "I don't know this person" which I've always found amusing, but never clicked - until now. I couldn't resist.
The next step was the equivalent of a Jack-in-the-box exploding out of my laptop screen ... the whole browser window (Firefox 3, naturally) went grey and I got a severe telling off, as shown in this screenshot. "Your invitation was not sent. Invitations should only be sent to people you know personally."
Sorry LinkedIn. I won't do that again. Promise.
Building contacts is one thing that all diligent networkers are focused on - as is evident from the daily network updates I get via RSS about who's added whom as a connection on LinkedIn.
On LinkedIn's homepage I also get shown names of people I might know and therefore wish to add as connections - this leads to a quick quiz asking for some salient details of where/when you have come across the contact in question.
One of the radio buttons is labeled: "I don't know this person" which I've always found amusing, but never clicked - until now. I couldn't resist.
The next step was the equivalent of a Jack-in-the-box exploding out of my laptop screen ... the whole browser window (Firefox 3, naturally) went grey and I got a severe telling off, as shown in this screenshot. "Your invitation was not sent. Invitations should only be sent to people you know personally."
Sorry LinkedIn. I won't do that again. Promise.
Labels: social networking
# posted by Nesjo : 14:05
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