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Social Networking Etiquette
Sabah Karimi comments on the information overload created by the increased use of social networking and blogging.
Choice quotes (bold text is her emphasis, not mine):
You’ll have to use your best judgment on the value you are actually receiving from additional invites; too many, and you’ll lose the gist of the subject and topic [...]
I’ve been a user and fan of LinkedIn since early 2003, shortly after its launch (I was member #2,369). It has since grown to almost 7 million members, making it the world’s largest virtual business network.
I believe that much of the reason for that growth is that LinkedIn does, overall, a very good job of [...]