[support] Ban "Join my network on LinkedIn"
David Lubkin
lubkin at lubkin.net
Wed May 18 14:04:50 UTC 2011
Nancy wrote:
>I suggest that blanket invitations like this get the user
>automatically dropped from the list.
Toni screwed up. LinkedIn encourages users to send boilerplate invites
to everyone in their address book, which is a bad idea on several levels.
But spamming the list wasn't intentional. I'd allow everyone one mistake,
for which they apologize:
>Hi am sorry, I didn't know that I was sending to the support list.
>Linkedin just
>ask to scan my email for connections, inadvertently I said yes but didn't
>know I have the support list.
rather than one and you're out. Particularly on a support list, where there
will be less-experienced participants who may need coaching in
netiquette.
-- David.
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