atw: Re: LinkedIn endorsements
- From: Rod Stuart <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 12:45:40 +1000
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 new*Howdie 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****
>> ** **
>>
>>
>>
>
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