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> Reason being is that this guy was using his work account, meaning he directly represented the company. If it was his personal account that he uses for himself

> Reason being is that this guy was using his work account, meaning he directly represented the company. If it was his personal account that he uses for himself only, I doubt there would be a case at all. Ohhhhhh. Wow, yeah, if that's the case that definitely changes it more. I didn't realize that very distinct difference, I missed that part in the article. I didn't know LinkedIn had "work accounts." I just assumed all the accounts were "personal." I just thought it meant like they were messaging from their normal "personal" profiles and because he had "x" company set in his LinkedIn that meant he was "representing x company" in this context. This makes a lot more sense now knowing that detail. Good catch! :)

ghaff 9y ago
It's very unclear from the article. LinkedIn does have various services for companies but, in the context of this article, it's not at all obvious that this is something equivalent to a company's twitter handle. While I certainly think of LinkedIn as largely a professional thing (and would never send these sorts of messages regardless), some of the discussion further down in the story seems off-base. At some level, I'm associated with my company in all non-anonymous or pseudonymous social media but beyond that level I'm not sure why LinkedIn would have some special status because LinkedIn likes to position itself for professional networking.
- Volundr 9y ago
  The article didn't make it clear if it was a personal or a company account, but the interaction began with him trying to recruit her. So clearly in this instance he's representing the company, regardless of what account he's using.
  - ghaff 9y ago
    Oh agreed. Even if we were talking about a personal email account (which would admittedly be odd), the same would apply. I was more referring to some of the comments further down in the article that seem to argue for LinkedIn having some special status as a network only for purely professional interactions.
- watwut 9y ago
  The information about account is in the sentence "received sexual messages from a banker—using his corporate account—who had been trying to recruit her."
  - ghaff 9y ago
    Yes. I read that. I also know that LinkedIn has paid services such as company pages as well as for sharing content. And LinkedIn may have special paid accounts for recruiters that I'm not aware of. However, other comments further down in the article from the company suggest this was just a regular old LinkedIn account. Hence "unclear."

ghaff 9y ago

It's very unclear from the article. LinkedIn does have various services for companies but, in the context of this article, it's not at all obvious that this is something equivalent to a company's twitter handle. While I certainly think of LinkedIn as largely a professional thing (and would never send these sorts of messages regardless), some of the discussion further down in the story seems off-base. At some level, I'm associated with my company in all non-anonymous or pseudonymous social media but beyond that level I'm not sure why LinkedIn would have some special status because LinkedIn likes to position itself for professional networking.

Volundr 9y ago
The article didn't make it clear if it was a personal or a company account, but the interaction began with him trying to recruit her. So clearly in this instance he's representing the company, regardless of what account he's using.
- ghaff 9y ago
  Oh agreed. Even if we were talking about a personal email account (which would admittedly be odd), the same would apply. I was more referring to some of the comments further down in the article that seem to argue for LinkedIn having some special status as a network only for purely professional interactions.
watwut 9y ago
The information about account is in the sentence "received sexual messages from a banker—using his corporate account—who had been trying to recruit her."
- ghaff 9y ago
  Yes. I read that. I also know that LinkedIn has paid services such as company pages as well as for sharing content. And LinkedIn may have special paid accounts for recruiters that I'm not aware of. However, other comments further down in the article from the company suggest this was just a regular old LinkedIn account. Hence "unclear."