Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn.

From	Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn.
Date	2012-01-21 16:12 +0000
Organization	timil.com
Message-ID	<52551a7d15tim@invalid.org.uk> (permalink)
References	<6924f75352.michaelbell@michael.beaverbell.co.uk> <525401ce75Spambin@argonet.co.uk> <64adf25452.alan@ntlworld.com>

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In article <64adf25452.alan@ntlworld.com>, Alan Leighton
<alan.leighton2@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> In message <525401ce75Spambin@argonet.co.uk> Stuart
>           <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> > In article <6924f75352.michaelbell@michael.beaverbell.co.uk>, Michael
> >    Bell <michael@beaverbell.co.uk> wrote:
> >> I have just received an invitation to join LinkedIn. It may or may
> >> not be the person I think it is, the treasurer of a society I am a
> >> member of. I must say I am wary. What do I get out of it? What risks
> >> do I run?

> > I have received a number of these, I just delete them immediately.

> I joined but I found one member is rather untrustworthy. There is no
> vetting so one needs to be careful who you meet. All that glitters is
> not gold.

Or glisters, even.  ;-)

Like any social meeting place open to everyone and anyone, crooks will be
there too. Unlike the real world, you can usually block and report people
who abuse the system.

At my door the other day was a 'builder' who touts for business
travelling in a van with no decals and whose leaflet gives a mailbox
address, two mobile and one 0800 phone numbers. Claims to have done work
at a house 'up the road, sir' but gives the number of the house next
door. He seemed like a nice chap but the sentiment 'go away' is as
relevant here as online.

-- 
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Invitation to join LinkedIn. Michael Bell <michael@beaverbell.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 11:10 +0000
  Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 11:41 +0000
  Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 13:07 +0000
    Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Michael Bell <michael@beaverbell.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 14:28 +0000
      Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 14:54 +0000
        Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 15:08 +0000
      Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 17:05 +0000
        Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-20 08:41 +0100
          Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Michael Bell <michael@beaverbell.co.uk> - 2012-01-21 06:29 +0000
            Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-01-21 11:02 +0000
              Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-21 16:04 +0000
                Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-21 18:58 +0100
              Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-21 18:54 +0100
                Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-21 18:07 +0000
                Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-21 22:55 +0000
                Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-22 00:40 +0100
                Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-22 23:54 +0000
                Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-23 01:05 +0100
    Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Alan Leighton <alan.leighton2@ntlworld.com> - 2012-01-21 08:58 +0000
      Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-21 16:12 +0000
  Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-21 18:13 +0000
    Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-21 22:01 +0000
      Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. workstuff@mail.com - 2012-01-22 00:13 +0100
        Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-22 10:46 +0000
          Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Raymond Wiker <raw@unknown-00-23-6c-8d-9e-26.lan> - 2012-01-22 11:57 +0100
            Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-22 11:07 +0000
          Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-24 11:00 +0000
            Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-01-24 13:35 +0000
              Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-01-24 19:35 +0000
              Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Vince M Hudd <vinceh@softrock.co.uk> - 2012-01-26 13:26 +0000
                Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-26 21:18 +0000
                Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-26 21:27 +0000
              Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. <erving@riscos.org> - 2012-01-27 16:18 +0000
  Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. druck <druck1368@gmail.com> - 2012-03-07 12:59 -0800
    Re: Invitation to join LinkedIn. Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-03-07 22:12 +0000

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