Why sex doesn't sell on LinkedIn
D. Matt Scherer
I help those traveling on their personal transition highway capitalize on LinkedIn and its networking power to advance their lives and careers
Sex and LinkedIn?
What about asking to go out with someone on this social media application?
I'm seeing this week an influx of effort by women to use LinkedIn to try to appeal to me for other than professional purposes.
This week I got a connection request with a photo that showed more of her legs than her face. (see image above.)
And just now. I got a this message:
"Well I am looking for a normal relationship based on mutual respect. I'm in good health. I am a respectable woman who believe in treating a man with respect and dignity. I expect the same in return."
I responded that I was a happily married man of 25 years and asked her to find other social media platforms to find someone to date.
Right now, I want to get on my soapbox to make a couple of subtle suggestions.
First, LinkedIn is all about professional relationships.
Second, there are other social media sites for personal stuff.
Please don't mix the personal stuff with business. It doesn't work.
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2 年Hey D. You write, "First, LinkedIn is all about professional relationships." Actually, that may have been true up until 2-3 years ago, but today LinkedIn is about professional relationships AND all that personal stuff. In the past 6 months I've read accounts of the most personal events and tragedies, and read personal revelations that a few years ago would have been confined to the counselor's or clergy's office. LinkedIn may have been "all professional" at one time, but my experience tells me that that is no longer the case.
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2 年Oh Matt, you know those messages and profiles are from bots...not real people. Report them as fake profiles and move on.
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2 年To make matters worse, this all presumes that the inquiry isn’t a scam of some kind, and that is a real risk.