atw: Re: LinkedIn endorsements
- From: Chris Virtue <cvlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 18:03:07 +1000
I'm not only grumpy and old, but I'm also gruff and uncool.
All of the "endorsements" I've received are from people I haven't worked with.
I had an endorsement the other day from a mate. I emailed back: how
would you know? He replied that he thought I been doing whatever it
was for ages. I shot back that it doesn't mean that I'm any good at
it.
LinkedIn seems to be becoming more and more Facebook-like every day.
On 1 June 2013 16:36, Rod Stuart <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's often a grey area isn't it?
>
>
> On 1 June 2013 15:33, Howard Silcock <howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe we should have put OT. In my case many of the endorsements came from
>> members of this list, and I assumed that was the case for Geoffrey too, so
>> it seemed relevant to the list.
>>
>> Howard
>>
>> On 1 June 2013 15:06, Rod Stuart <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> It's not your assertion that you two are grumpy old men that you need to
>>> worry about. The biggest danger is that the gestapo will discover you
>>> neglected to put OT in the subject line!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 June 2013 14:58, Howard Silcock <howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think I'd better jump in quickly and disavow the implication that
>>>> Geoffrey and I are grumpy old men! What I was going to say was that I
>>>> expected that our views on this topic might be subject to that kind of
>>>> criticism. Of course, that would have been unfair and unjustified. But I'm
>>>> pleased to see that our views are getting support.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I received a letter from some LinkedIn official, suggesting
>>>> that I was most privileged to be offered an opportunity to participate in
>>>> one of their surveys - this one was on the topic of personal finance. Gee,
>>>> what an opportunity - provide them, for nothing, with data to allow them to
>>>> make more money out of advertising!
>>>>
>>>> Howard
>>>>
>>>> On 1 June 2013 12:45, Rod Stuart <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Far be it from me to argue against the proposition that Geoffrey and
>>>>> Howard are grumpy old men, but in this case their arguments regarding
>>>>> Linkedin are in my humble opinion appropriate, and in fact spot on, as is
>>>>> quite possibly the case for any of these "social networking' concepts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1 June 2013 11:40, Howard Silcock <howard.silcock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was about to send a post suggesting that Geoffrey and I were in
>>>>>> danger of becoming the grumpy old men of this list for our views on
>>>>>> LinkedIn
>>>>>> endorsements when I saw to my relief that others had similar views! I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> posted to this list before about this subject, suggesting that it makes
>>>>>> little sense to endorse someone for something unless you (a) are familiar
>>>>>> with their work - that is, have actually read documents they've produced
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> seen other products of their labours - and (b) have some expertise in the
>>>>>> subject yourself. This makes me more churlish than Geoffrey, because it
>>>>>> implicitly casts doubt on some of the endorsements I've received for
>>>>>> skills
>>>>>> I do have, as well as obviously implying that endorsing for skills I
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> have is just ridiculous. But Michelle's description of what the process
>>>>>> actually involves is very interesting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Howard
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1 June 2013 10:44, Bill Parker
>>>>>> <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And just to show how silly this whole bloody Linkedin thing is I have
>>>>>>> put in my profile "Morris Dancing" ( because I do). I completed that
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> then found myself ( no idea how) with pages and pages of people with
>>>>>>> similar
>>>>>>> interests. What? Morris dancing? How can that be?
>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 01/06/2013, at 6:18 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello austechies
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To the many of you who have endorsed me for skills I do have, thank
>>>>>>> you. To those who have endorsed me for skills I do not have, what on
>>>>>>> earth
>>>>>>> were you thinking? Are you deliberately trying to frame in the minds of
>>>>>>> others an image of me that I am not? Folks, I am not a copy-writer, I
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> never been a copy-writer, and don’t want in any way to be associated
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> the pernicious black-art of copy-writing (with its screaming
>>>>>>> intensifications and its implicit belittlements that border on
>>>>>>> psycho-abuse:
>>>>>>> “you have not truly lived unless you have experienced the exhilaration
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> the sensual styling of the all newHowdie V12”, “ Go on, be a real mum
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> give them Caries Flakes for breakfast and” … you get my drift). So why
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> some you endorsing my non-existent copy-writing skills? A miasma of
>>>>>>> deception commingling with defamation is nettling my nostrils.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And why are some of you endorsing my software development skills?
>>>>>>> Crikey, I wouldn’t know a class statement if it reared up at me in
>>>>>>> bloody
>>>>>>> revolution. And the last time I executed a branch, it fell smashingly
>>>>>>> on the
>>>>>>> neighbour’s fence. Stop it, stop it, stop it. Resist the temptation to
>>>>>>> endorse the dim-witted guesses of that cog-slipping, Watts-driven
>>>>>>> perpetuator of misinformation, that generator of self-aggrandisement,
>>>>>>> called LinkedIn. (Someone admitted the other day, to a table of lunching
>>>>>>> professionals who had met through LinkedIn, that she had touched up her
>>>>>>> LinkedIn photograph to make her look younger. I’m glad she was frank,
>>>>>>> because many of us had been wondering when the other [name withheld] was
>>>>>>> going to turn up.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If anyone needs reminding of just how dumb and misleading software
>>>>>>> can be, turn on your Microsoft Word’s grammar checker. The absurdity of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> recommendations of the world’s reputedly smartest programmers might
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> inspire you to turn off a lot of other software that clogs up our lives
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> pretend knowledge while pick-pocketing our privacy along the way.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In a word: stop misrepresenting others through thoughtless
>>>>>>> endorsements. It sours morally no less than a deliberate lie. As does
>>>>>>> photo-shopping a glamour you may once have thought you had.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In a world of lies, thank the gods for Mr Curly and his duck.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geoffrey Marnell
>>>>>>> Principal Consultant
>>>>>>> Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
>>>>>>> P: 03 9596 3456
>>>>>>> M: 0419 574 668
>>>>>>> F: 03 9596 3625
>>>>>>> W: www.abelard.com.au
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Rod Stuart
>>>>> 6 Brickhill Drive
>>>>> Dilston, TAS 7252, Australia
>>>>> <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> M((040) 184 6575 V(03) 6328 1543
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rod Stuart
>>> 6 Brickhill Drive
>>> Dilston, TAS 7252, Australia
>>> <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> M((040) 184 6575 V(03) 6328 1543
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Rod Stuart
> 6 Brickhill Drive
> Dilston, TAS 7252, Australia
> <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
> M((040) 184 6575 V(03) 6328 1543
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