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Recently, LinkedIn asked me whether I know the administrator of a ning I use occasionally. That ning is basically the only connection I have with its administr
by Estragon 16y ago
Recently, LinkedIn asked me whether I know the administrator of a ning I use occasionally. That ning is basically the only connection I have with its administrator, as far as I can tell. The funny thing is, I haven't used my real name on that ning for years. I go with a pseudonym, these days. Anyone know whether LinkedIn is looking at archives of social websites to mine connection information?
- narcissus 16y agoIs there any chance that that administrator has you in their webmail account? I know there was a couple of times where I never gave LinkedIn my webmail account details (though they do have my webmail address), and that certain friends showed up as suggestions from LinkedIn. The only thing I can think happened was they gave LinkedIn their webmail account details and from there, LinkedIn started suggesting them to me. This, obviously, is different from LinkedIn confirming I know someone. There are no other 'connections' between them and I. Zero. Either way, I was creeped out for a little while, then impressed :)
- Estragon 16y agoAh, that's another possibility. I will ask her. Thanks for the suggestion.