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/open-letter-to-linkedin-552007.html
Saturday, May 05, 2007
An Open Letter To Linkedin (5.5.2007)
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We’re confused.
Some of us are downright dismayed.
Even some renown evangelists among us have stopped evangelizing. And
others are watching to determine whether or not they should continue
evangelizing.
Still others of us are intensely looking at other networking platforms
to join or to start.
Why?
Because of the indecipherable policies, inconsistent practices, and
unclear procedures that leave us in the dark regarding what IS and
what ISN’T acceptable ways to use Linkedin.
The confusion is compounded by inordinately long dry spells of
communication – coming after we’d been introduced to professionals
whom we expected to hear from on a more frequent basis.
Of course, Linkedin doesn’t owe us a response and doesn’t owe us
regular communication – or anything else.
But, nor do we owe Linkedin anything – beyond abiding by Linkedin’s
policies when on their platform.
Some of us have really championed the name of Linkedin. But, now,
some of us are so desperately looking for a respite from the confusion
of Linkedin’s current behavior that there’s a growing chorus of
“NIDEKNIL”, the opposite of Linkedin. (Think “Oprah and Harpo”.)
{Drop Over To Vincent’s Blog For The Rest}
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Vincent Wright, the instigator of a bunch of LinkedIn Yahoo Groups to gather like minded people around some aspect (i.e., City; School; Interest), has become really exasperated with the LinkedIn management. He’s been getting conflicting messages from various parts of the LinkedIn hierarchy. Like Yahoo supplanted with Google, LinkedIn could be vulnerable to a competitor.
In the time I’ve known Vincent, which is longer than I’ve been blogging, I’ve never seen him so … … annoyed. He’s got a following, that would follow him to a better service site.
Perhaps the current LinkedIn management is buffing it up for a sale at jugundo prices. But they, or whoever buys it, could be holding an empty bag if all the users take their attention elsewhere. It’s happened before and it can happen again.
Be afraid LinkedIn. Be very afraid.
Reinke Faces Life 
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