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Why do people take LinkedIn so seriously? I will accept stranger's requests if I think they could provide some kind of useful service to me now or in the future
by lhnz 13y ago
Why do people take LinkedIn so seriously? I will accept stranger's requests if I think they could provide some kind of useful service to me now or in the future.
I'm not maintaining a list of important relationships on it. It's a rolodex to me and a business card can and should be added to it whether or not we've done business already.
This idea of carefully pruning your connections seems quite popular. To those that do it, what's the upside? (The upside to letting almost everybody connect is that, if in 5 years I need to contact somebody or they need me it might be a little easier for us to get in touch.)
- markolschesky 13y agoI always want to be able to respond with an actual answer if someone asks me "Do you know 'x', you are connected with her/him on LinkedIn". Otherwise, it's really just a waste of both of our times since I think improving your connections with the people that you know somewhat well is the true key to using LinkedIn well. That connection could be as simple as "I met them briefly at a conference", but it can't be non-existent.
- acjohnson55 13y agoI feel the same way. Honestly, I meet a lot of people briefly at events and don't always recognize their names or profile pics. I greatly appreciate it if someone can simply say "nice meeting you at X the other night". It's LinkedIn's fault for not really encouraging more authentic connections and instead, pandering to the volume connectors. Between lack of utility and overall creepiness, I fairly frequently consider just closing my account. One of these days...
- tobyjsullivan 13y agoI keep my LinkedIn relatively pruned because I think (probably unrealistically) that a profile with less fluff is slightly more credible. That, and I have mild OCD.