What Would George Orwell Say About LinkedIn?
I read an article today indicating that LinkedIn was going to suspend the accounts of members who contacted people that they did not know.
As the pundit put (and I am paraphrasing), “if I go to a Chamber of Commerce Event the organizers do not tell me that I can only talk to the people I know. I go to those events to meet new people! I consider … Read MoreLinkedIn in the same way I do a Chamber of Commerce . . . you want to meet people.”
I am inclined to agree with his assessment. LinkedIn is not a VPN or a private Metaprise (re hub). It is a venue that is by its very nature social and therefore implies an openness. In short, they need to leave their Orwellian inclinations at the door and let the members self-govern.
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Peter Reynolds
July 3, 2009
It’s like an awkward, ill-at-ease cocktail party; where people stand around uncomfortably, clasping their drinks nervously, too afraid to make the first move and initiate contact with anybody else there.