Every LinkedIn member soon becomes acquainted with a particular policy ordained in order to prevent (theoretically…) spam messages: “An invitation must always be sent to people you know“.
However I believe that such an instruction is quite ambiguous and maybe too far from the real concept of “social networking“: what kind of knowledge are we talking about ? If a connection should be established only after an external phase of acquaintance, LinkedIn would become a mere contacts collector or an address book.
Of course the possibility to find out connections paths between two different people is rather interesting, but it seems more a pursuit than a real “power-tool” because introductions (the other way to connect with a member) are surely slower and much more boring than a direct invitation.
Personal privacy must always be respected, but as in our “real” life we can decline an invitation without matter of concern, the same behaviour should be adopted in any (e-)social network. It’s pretty worrying a world when spam fighting and preventions is turned into another witch hunt and where a person has to think twice before asking for real or virtual friendship…
I’m completely opened to any contact and will never use the “I don’t know” command ! Feel free to send me invitations: My LinkedIn Profile.
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