[consulting] LinkedIn Invitations - Failing

[matt j. sorenson]

Based on the recent flurry of LinkedIn invites being delivered to this
mailing list address, I'm supposing that LinkedIn recently did something to
encourage folks to automagically connect with address book contacts.

Personally, I *never* grant any application or service access to my email or
contacts, and in fact whenever I'm prompted to do so, it's a strike against
that service for even asking; No Thank You Veddy Much!

It really doesn't get much more impersonal than address book invite
automation... if you actually care about relationships, I'd advise against
it.

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matt j. sorenson
320-424-0309



On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Therese Kells <therese.kells at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I have received invitations to join some of you on LinkedIn.
>
> The invitations are failing. I think this is occurring because they are
> being sent to or via consulting at drupal.org. I think but don't know for
> certain that if the recipient of the invitation does not have
> consulting at drupal.org as a registered email address with LinkedIn,
> LinkedIn will not allow the invitation. My reasoning for this hypothesis is
> that I get the following error message from LinkedIn:
>
> *This message was sent to an email address that is not associated with
> your LinkedIn account. You may have another LinkedIn account with this email
> address.
>
> I'm happy to connect with some of you on LinkedIn and help you connect with
> anyone in my network that could use your services.  I'm not complaining, I'm
> just letting you know that the system you are using is not working and I
> hope LinkedIn is not charging you for the failed invitation requests.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Therese Kells
> www.agape-coaching.com
>
> P.S. therese.kells at gmail.com or therese.kells at agape-coaching.com
> ( I'm not a Drupal Consultant. I am self employed like most of you and I
> really appreciate reading the non-technical coping and business tips;
> including your experiences with contracts, charging clients and scope creep.
> I deal with the same stuff. It's great to read honest concise information
> coming from a very smart community. It gets lonely out here. Thx! )
>
>
> *
>
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