Comments on: LinkedIn? http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/ falling indelibly into the past Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:10:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jonathan Vanasco http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3766 Jonathan Vanasco Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:00:16 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3766 I see this all the time too... and I've been spending the past 3 years on social stalking software ( btw, contact me offline if you want to see some scary applications of using your media studies classes for corporate interests ) My guess is a combination of the following: - who has searched for you / looked at your profile - who a probabalistic engine suggests based on - friends of friends / similar work/education associations - online peoplesearch - i type in your name to google, i can find lots of people you're associated with as social network friends, posting on the same blogs & listserves, etc its hard to tell what is going on behind the scenes there. linkedin is kind of a shell game - they're less about the technology (which is actually pretty bad ) and more about the critcial mass in the market sector they're addressing. I see this all the time too… and I’ve been spending the past 3 years on social stalking software ( btw, contact me offline if you want to see some scary applications of using your media studies classes for corporate interests )

My guess is a combination of the following:
- who has searched for you / looked at your profile
- who a probabalistic engine suggests based on - friends of friends / similar work/education associations
- online peoplesearch - i type in your name to google, i can find lots of people you’re associated with as social network friends, posting on the same blogs & listserves, etc

its hard to tell what is going on behind the scenes there. linkedin is kind of a shell game - they’re less about the technology (which is actually pretty bad ) and more about the critcial mass in the market sector they’re addressing.

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3722 KF Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:50:37 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3722 You know, I'm not sure that's possible in my case; the email address that my LinkedIn account uses doesn't have an online-accessible address book (such as gmail) nor did I give it access to my contacts. Nor, in fact, were several of the people it assumed I may know in my contacts. Another friend of mine suggested that the site could remember who has searched for you, even if they didn't request a connection. The whole thing still skeeves me. You know, I’m not sure that’s possible in my case; the email address that my LinkedIn account uses doesn’t have an online-accessible address book (such as gmail) nor did I give it access to my contacts. Nor, in fact, were several of the people it assumed I may know in my contacts. Another friend of mine suggested that the site could remember who has searched for you, even if they didn’t request a connection. The whole thing still skeeves me.

]]> By: greg http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3721 greg Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:38:12 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3721 i had the exact same experience when i joined linkin. random contacts from high school, college, and work. my theory is it takes your email contact information (not just the address, but the name associated with the address) and cross checks it against their own database of members. or...possibly takes all email contacts from all members and runs cross checks for overlapping email contacts. i don't know...it's freaky. i had the exact same experience when i joined linkin. random contacts from high school, college, and work. my theory is it takes your email contact information (not just the address, but the name associated with the address) and cross checks it against their own database of members. or…possibly takes all email contacts from all members and runs cross checks for overlapping email contacts.

i don’t know…it’s freaky.

]]> By: Shhh http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3716 Shhh Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:47:22 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3716 Whoa. I got this horrible-tight-stomach-turning-somersaults-feeling when I read this. Hope you're ok and not reeling too much from the shock of it all. Whoa. I got this horrible-tight-stomach-turning-somersaults-feeling when I read this. Hope you’re ok and not reeling too much from the shock of it all.

]]> By: Steve http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3714 Steve Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:43:21 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3714 Pynchon raises himself from his slumber and smiles... Pynchon raises himself from his slumber and smiles…

]]> By: Pieds Des Anges (Kyla) http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3712 Pieds Des Anges (Kyla) Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:13:02 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/linkedin/#comment-3712 That is really scary. I've put off joining linkedin because it seems like you can't unjoin once you're in. That is really scary. I’ve put off joining linkedin because it seems like you can’t unjoin once you’re in.

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