Friday, November 30, 2012

Connecting people

As a result of a free 1 month- trial I upgraded my LinkedIn- account. Can't see any massive improvements. Apart from the fact that now I see, who that "anonymous member" who viewed my profile 2 days ago was. It was the Le Frenchie

Not sure what to make of the whole LinkedIn. Even less so when it comes to being viewed by the Artist Formerly Known As The Love Of Your Life that you've later on decided to unfriend even on Facebook. Especially seeing how his career is going from strength to strength and I'm... well, unemployed with nothing but a string of unimpressive internships under my belt.

I'm familiar with the Facebook etiquette and know not to accept just any idiot as my friend, allowing them  access to all my photos and life events. Yet that doesn't stop the idiots from finding me. I have, again, been contacted by a bunch of men who aren't in any way connected to any people I know. They all have English names, yet their spelling of their God and Queen-given English is simply abhorrent. Really. A drunken, 3-year-old, blind Chinese kid could write better.

I honestly don't know which I find more offensive- the fact that they think I look desperate enough to friend just anyone or the fact that they, as the native speakers of that glorious language clearly still think punctuation is an urban legend.

I am not yet, however, as knowledgeable about the LinkedIn etiquette. Am I, in the name of career advancement, expected to accept all the connection requests? Such as the Saudi Arabian plumber and a Uzbekistani lawyer I just have? Or is this just a slightly more grown-up version of Facebook's cattle market, poorly disguised as "professional networking"?


1 comment:

  1. I'm about the same when it comes to connection requests on LinkedIn. If I know them already or they're friends of a friend, it's all good. Otherwise, I'll use fairly extreme bias.

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