I was just about to leave to enjoy a frosty brew at a local establishment here in Indianapolis. I decided to check the inbox one more time before leaving a found I had a new comment on my blog! COOL! I opened the email and read down the message:
Author : WMDukeofEarl
E-mail :
Comment:
Build your Linkedin network quickly and easily by inviting open networkers to connect.I am offering 1250+ Linkedin ( Linked in ) connections, or in other words, a list (in Microsoft .CSV) of 1250+ e-mail addresses ready to be uploaded on LinkedIn and to which you can instantly send invitations to connect. All of the individuals whose e-mail addresses are on this list have been screened and are self-declared open networkers and should be trusted to accept all invites. Please visit my auction on ebay! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320309384428
Talk about ruining my night. No, I don’t want to bid on your LinkedIN contact book. No, I don’t want to turn an awesome social community platform into another worthless, waste filled, email marketing wasteland. I would appreciate it if you would respect the concept of relationship building, as well as, the idea of open collaboration between individuals. Maybe you should try and form a relationship every once in awhile instead of doing a friend train and then ruining your 1250+ connections you have gained.
This is one example of how certain people are ruining the world of social media. You can use it as a marketing platform but don’t turn it into a InfoSeek USA.
I am going to go drink because I feel like I was just gassed with poisonous BS fumes.
And no I will not approve your comment and quit spamming my BLOG!
WMDukeofEarl
Hey, I respect your feelings and have removed my listing. I did not intend to upset you. Please accept my apologies.
Kyle Lacy
Apology accepted. You could have just sent an email.
WMDukeofEarl
Is it possible that you could remove my IP WhoIs address information? Once again, I apologize, it was just an experiment that I saw someone else trying on Linkedin.
Thank you for your understanding and help!
Ellen5e
Good blogpost… goes right along with one of my favorite sayings when somebody crashes into my socializing spaces
“and now, to salvage what’s left of my life.”
Great job of keeping us neophites informed ^
Ricardo Bueno
(Nodding my head in shame…)
It’s about “connecting” damn it! Businesses, at the end of the day are still made up of people. Real life people. So yes, a sense of “real” connection is important.
Erin McMahon
Ugh. That’s gross. Social media marketing is one thing, but list-buying takes the ‘social’ part (that part where you interact with other humans and form connections that way) right out of social media.
Nice response. 🙂
Nicki Laycoax
Kyle,
I absolutely love that you shared this.
George and I have a friend that is asking us to help him build a website that will help him with his “add-me” campaign… UGH!!!! I am going to share this with him to show him that it’s not just us telling him that it’s a BAD idea.
Social networking does nothing at all if you do not use it properly, and only creates adverse reactions when abused, as in the case above. Social media is not in place to add people as numbers to your network. Social media IS in place to gain and nurture REAL relationships with REAL people.
In my opinion, the only industry that should use the extremely, overly excessive add friend requests, are bands.
Oh… I must have missed the phone call of you asking me to have that beer with you.. 🙂
Adam Helweh
You’ve done justice to the community my man. Your actions opened a few eyes. Namely the goofball who posted the auction!