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Posts Tagged ‘LinkedIn’
LinkedIn LION - Why?
August 11th, 2008 by Gregory Silvano Posted in Developers, LinkedIn | No Comments »Have you ever noticed a LinkedIn profile that has “LION” or “L.I.O.N” or “Open Networker” in the name? LION stands for LinkedIn Open Networker, and I’m not going to beat around the bush here: I just don’t get it.
LinkedIn is not a popularity contest.
What good are 500+ connections if you don’t actually know any of them? Are you suddenly more important (more popular? more profitable?) if you have 1,500 connections on LinkedIn? The goal of networking is to build relationships with people, not to collect their email addresses and add another notch on your Rolodex tally.
Today I have 185 contacts in my LinkedIn profile, a number that may decrease in the near future. I’m going to remove anybody whom I am not 100% comfortable calling and just saying hello. If I have to call you, explain who I am and where I work, then honestly I don’t think there’s much reason to include you in my professional network. And that’s what LinkedIn is supposed to be - a professional networking resource.
Here’s my LinkedIn Network Quality Test. To be in my LinkedIn network (not that it’s an honor), a contact must fit this criteria:
- I trust you.
- I like you.
- I have had more than one email or phone call with you at some point in our relationship.
- I want to do business with you sometime in the future, if we don’t do business together already.
That’s it. These four criteria embody the exact opposite of the LION philosophy, which is simply: if you have an internet connect and can type my email address, welcome to my network.
Tags: LinkedIn, lion, open networker
Fake LinkedIn Users
July 7th, 2008 by Gregory Silvano Posted in LinkedIn | 2 Comments »Really, I have absolutely no idea why this bugs me so much, but man does it bug me. Fake LinkedIn users are all over the site, especially in the Answers section.
How do you spot them? Easy:
1) Very generic name
2) Zero connections or just one connection to somebody else with just one connection
3) They ask lots of stupid or inflammatory questions
I first realized this was happening when I saw a question from Jessica Jones. Her (probably his) questions are odd and frequently offensive. Why is she fake? Let’s see, there is no “Hostile Games” company and Jessica Jones is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. I complained to LinkedIn a few times about her, but her/his profile still exists. Check out the “Jessica’s Questions” link on the profile to find some gems.
Even more frustrating are the countless LinkedIn users who actually answer her/his questions. I just feel like we’re all getting duped, and I hate feeling like the fool. I suspect the profiles are created by somebody doing a paper on social web sites or human interaction or something like that. But do that on MySpace or Facebook. Leave LinkedIn to the professionals, please.
LinkedIn needs to do something about this. It’s a growing problem and erodes my trust of their network.
LinkedIn is Slow, Slow, Slow
July 3rd, 2008 by Gregory Silvano Posted in LinkedIn | 4 Comments »I can’t be the only one with this problem. LinkedIn has been sloooooow lately. I think they’re having some network/bandwidth/scalability issues. I doubt it’s me - all other sites are still nice and quick to load.
Has LinkedIn grown too quickly? Is the new UI running some inefficient code?