Comments on: LinkedIn Makes It Easier to Connect with People You Know, Harder with People You Don’t http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/ Together we're smarter. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:51:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Best of Linked Intelligence 2007 http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-175 Best of Linked Intelligence 2007 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:51:49 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-175 [...] LinkedIn Makes It Easier to Connect with People You Know, Harder with People You Don’t - One of the big functionality changes on LinkedIn this year was the introduction of the ability to reconnect with former colleagues, classmates and business partners without having their email address. At the same time, LinkedIn made it possible to indicate that you don’t know the sender of a connection request and created consequences for doing so. [...] [...] LinkedIn Makes It Easier to Connect with People You Know, Harder with People You Don’t - One of the big functionality changes on LinkedIn this year was the introduction of the ability to reconnect with former colleagues, classmates and business partners without having their email address. At the same time, LinkedIn made it possible to indicate that you don’t know the sender of a connection request and created consequences for doing so. [...]

]]> By: LinkedIn Policy Changes? Let’s Hope So… http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-165 LinkedIn Policy Changes? Let’s Hope So… Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:55:13 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-165 [...] a new customer service center and increased support staff significantly earlier this year, some policy changes made shortly thereafter flooded their customer service department with complaints from users whose [...] [...] a new customer service center and increased support staff significantly earlier this year, some policy changes made shortly thereafter flooded their customer service department with complaints from users whose [...]

]]> By: Scott Allen http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-171 Scott Allen Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:57:05 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-171 At the moment it seems to be duration of membership. Even some of us who applaud the basic concept think that's way too severe and that it should be a rolling window. Simple solution to the problem, though - slow down a bit and just e-mail people before you send them the invitation. Zero rejections using that approach. At the moment it seems to be duration of membership. Even some of us who applaud the basic concept think that’s way too severe and that it should be a rolling window.

Simple solution to the problem, though - slow down a bit and just e-mail people before you send them the invitation. Zero rejections using that approach.

]]> By: Hugh http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-170 Hugh Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:47:45 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-170 I didnt realize that I was getting 'rejections' to my evites. How long do the 'restrictions' last for? For a specified amount of time? duration of membership? thanks, Hugh I didnt realize that I was getting ‘rejections’ to my evites. How long do the ‘restrictions’ last for? For a specified amount of time? duration of membership?

thanks,
Hugh

]]> By: Why Can’t I Just Say No Any More? http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-173 Why Can’t I Just Say No Any More? Fri, 25 May 2007 15:08:02 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-173 [...] LinkedIn made some changes in the way invitations work, adding some automated consequences for sending invitations to people [...] [...] LinkedIn made some changes in the way invitations work, adding some automated consequences for sending invitations to people [...]

]]> By: Bill Austin http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-169 Bill Austin Mon, 07 May 2007 05:33:14 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-169 RE: Follow up to "Frozen Account" I believe that their system is actually broken - as in - "There is a bug in there that they cannot or will not fix and they are not coming clean with users about the un-repairable defect in their code." My account has been restricted. I have only sent only a couple of invitations in the last couple of months and only two since they instituted the latest "your account has been frozen" program. These were all sent to people who communicated by e-mail and who requested that I invite them to connect. They all accepted. There is no possible way that I could have had five people indicate that they did not know me because I have not invited five people to connect recently. 1. The system is broken. 2. They refuse to acknowledge that it is broken. 3. They refuse to fix it. 4. They refuse to correct the mess that it creates. 5. Customer Service has been non-responsive. 6. Duncan has refused to respond to my inquiries. (Is he [Duncan] still there?) (PS: I have since heard from Vincent Wright that Duncan no longer works for LinkedIn.) Bill Austin Chief Technology Officer AZhttp, Inc, http://www.azhttp.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/billaustin RE: Follow up to “Frozen Account”

I believe that their system is actually broken - as in - “There is a bug in there that they cannot or will not fix and they are not coming clean with users about the un-repairable defect in their code.”

My account has been restricted.

I have only sent only a couple of invitations in the last couple of months and only two since they instituted the latest “your account has been frozen” program. These were all sent to people who communicated by e-mail and who requested that I invite them to connect.

They all accepted.

There is no possible way that I could have had five people indicate that they did not know me because I have not invited five people to connect recently.

1. The system is broken.
2. They refuse to acknowledge that it is broken.
3. They refuse to fix it.
4. They refuse to correct the mess that it creates.
5. Customer Service has been non-responsive.
6. Duncan has refused to respond to my inquiries.

(Is he [Duncan] still there?)

(PS: I have since heard from Vincent Wright that Duncan no longer works for LinkedIn.)

Bill Austin
Chief Technology Officer AZhttp, Inc,
http://www.azhttp.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/billaustin

]]> By: Scott Allen http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-168 Scott Allen Mon, 07 May 2007 05:32:57 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-168 Not sure. They would certainly be able to see that the request was declined, but I don't know if they can tell that it was specifically flagged with the "I don't know <sender>" button. Also, I think it's at least a little bit questionable that they don't really let recipients know the consequences of clicking that button. There are some people who might not use it if they knew the consequences of it. Not sure. They would certainly be able to see that the request was declined, but I don’t know if they can tell that it was specifically flagged with the “I don’t know ” button.

Also, I think it’s at least a little bit questionable that they don’t really let recipients know the consequences of clicking that button. There are some people who might not use it if they knew the consequences of it.

]]> By: Dean @ Sachi Studio http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-174 Dean @ Sachi Studio Sun, 06 May 2007 04:56:13 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-174 Scott, Will the inviter know who it was that flagged them? Scott,
Will the inviter know who it was that flagged them?

]]> By: William_j http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-167 William_j Sat, 05 May 2007 12:11:18 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-167 Yes, changing the scheme was necessary. But I don't think that it's quite right to let other peoples to ban you if they want to. Yes, changing the scheme was necessary. But I don’t think that it’s quite right to let other peoples to ban you if they want to.

]]> By: Scott Allen http://www.linkedintelligence.com/linkedin-makes-it-easier-to-connect-with-people-you-know-harder-with-people-you-dont/#comment-166 Scott Allen Fri, 04 May 2007 15:49:57 +0000 http://linkedintelligence.com/?p=138#comment-166 Yeah - the e-mail address thing kind of baffles me. That's pretty low-hanging fruit. It really is "a simple matter of programming" to look for an @ symbol or other punctuation that's not appropriate for a name. There's no practical need for more than one space in the first name or two spaces in the last name either. Still, I suppose there's not much they'll ever be able to do to prevent me from being Scott Atlinkedintelligencedotcom Allen. Yeah - the e-mail address thing kind of baffles me. That’s pretty low-hanging fruit. It really is “a simple matter of programming” to look for an @ symbol or other punctuation that’s not appropriate for a name. There’s no practical need for more than one space in the first name or two spaces in the last name either.

Still, I suppose there’s not much they’ll ever be able to do to prevent me from being Scott Atlinkedintelligencedotcom Allen.

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