Open networking, the way forward?
There is so much about this subject on LinkedIn that I thought I would throw my tuppence in the ring. As you may have seen from previous posts of mine, my problem is not receiving requests, it is from individuals who are a bit high and mighty and sniff and moan about getting a request from someone they do not know.
Surely the time has come now for LinkedIn to just add a button in somewhere to auto accept requests as they come in. My own view is that no connection is a potential bad connection. This is based on the fact that somewhere down the line you may have something they want or vice versa.
I use the site constantly for research, sales, purchasing, general business enquiries and information. Where else can you have this on tap for free? I am sure I will get a few comments from those who say "its old fashioned courtesy, etc" but I don't buy that.
Feel free to network with me, I will not be asking you for a detailed request essay, 25 reasons why I should respond, a value indicator of my possible friendship. Nor will I collapse in a heap screaming and crying because I do not (yet) know you.
It will be a plain old fashioned, common decency YES.
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9 年Hi Paul, I like your article. It's interesting that I would come to read this the day after I decided to remove 2 connections. Generally, I will accept invites, and also request people who are in the same industry as me. I genuinely like to find out about my connections and try to speak to as many as possible. My gripe is with people who after sending them an invite, view your profile and ignore you. I find myself thinking "Oh are you too important to 'associate' with me?" so for that reason accept all connections. We've all got something to learn from each other. Unfortunately, I made the decision to remove 2 connections yesterday. I have never done it before and don't see any advantage to keeping a "closed network" - Think of the opportunities you might miss! The only reason I did it was due to the fact every day I would see 10+ identical posts to the effect of "buy from my company for ￡*** and I'll do this" - frankly, that's not marketing or business developing and belongs in those little Ad boxes on the right. I can't help but feel negatively about removing them though, anyone else have a similar experience?
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9 年I add anyone that requests me but then if their posts and likes don't interest me I 'hide' them from my newsfeed, easier than getting rid
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9 年Totally agree!
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9 年Recognise your point of view Tina and I would also remove any one who introduces posts that would have no bearing on me and I regularly consider stripping back on my connections but then you consider the "what if" dilemma so hold off but one day im sure I will get to that stage of cutting the list
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9 年I agree with your comments, however I have fallen foul to accepting requests to be added to a persons professional network. Almost as soon as I hit the accept button my feed was full of their posts. The bombardment continued and none of the posts held any interest for me. The posts were not always professional in nature and shortly afterwards I removed them from my professional network. Being selective about who you accept does not make you 'snooty'.