Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

Chris wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:47:21 +0100
> Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>> IMHO, "clueless" doesn't mean "intentional".
>>
>>
>> Nils
>>
> 
> From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/clueless
> 
> clueless, adjective
> Totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from
> which to infer what is occurring 
> 
> I think you nailed it correctly, Nils.

So spammers are merely "clueless"? Calling someone a spammer implies
intent. I think you're both dancing on the head of a pin and just can't
admit that you shot first and asked questions later. As it turned out,
she was not a spammer. She overlooked the fact that she had the list's
address in her address book and wasn't aware, as I wasn't and I'm sure
many other aren't, that LinkedIn sends the invitation using the "From"
address of the account holder. That doesn't make LinkedIn a spammer, as
someone implied earlier in this thread. The person who made that silly
comment earlier in this thread is the really clueless one for being so
ignorant about the purpose of LinkedIn.

The frenzied outraged howls from the self-appointed list "moderators"
(you're nothing like the word "moderate") is just crazy. Granted, Adele
could have reacted differently but I can understand why someone would
get their back up when a bunch of people start piling on with their
silly comments about how she was a spammer and she should be kicked off
the list.

Perhaps we all need to be reminded occasionally about the Golden Rule.
If you have never screwed up and sent the wrong email to the wrong
person or to the wrong list, you haven't been using email long enough.
You will. You'd better hope that the recipients of that unintentionally
sent email are more generous than you are.

What is more ridiculous? One email sent to the list in error, no matter
how it got there, or 30+ emails complaining about it?
-- 
Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis
1419-3266 Yonge St.
Toronto, ON
Canada  M4N 3P6

<http://dinamis.com>
+1 416-410-3326
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