Re: LInked In And Endorsing

**G* L* <g*@gmail.com>**

this same thing happened to me, Lisa for the same reason! I thought, what
the heck, if they're already members, why not?
I also got s2 annoyed ppl asking me who are you and why do you want to link
up with me. Geri

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 6:22 PM, The Maine Garden Journal <
info@mainegardenjournal.com> wrote:

> I have never asked anyone to endorse me but out of the blue, people do! I
> suspect that LinkedIn sends out requests.
> When I joined initially,  the LinkedIn folks indicated that some of the
> people on my contact list were members and asked if I wanted to invite them
> to connect with me. I thought, well Geez, if they're already members, sure!
> Well, every single person on my contact list was sent an email with a
> request to connect with me on LinkedIn. A year later, I still have people
> telling me that they're sorry, they don't use LinkedIn.  (They're still
> regularly getting requests.)
>
> I want to add that I have several of my other email addresses in my
> contact list... and, a year later, I'm still getting invitations to connect
> with myself. I think that somehow, when you give LinkedIn permission to use
> your contact list, they hijack the whole list and continue to use it -
> forever and ever. I don't know how to stop them!  Be warned.
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
>
>  Lisa Colburn
> The Maine Garden Journal
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> > From: Doug Green <gardeningemail@gmail.com>
> >To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <
> gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 11:22 AM
> >Subject: [GWL] LInked In And Endorsing
> >
> >OK - help me out here.  I don't really use Linked In and don't see it as
> >much value to me as a self-employed writer  - I see it as mostly a
> >professional job-hunting etc etc social network.  My energy goes to places
> >where the bulk of consumers hang out.  But since the GWA conference,
> >there's been a raft of "endorsements" coming in.  Did somebody tell you
> >this should happen? LOL    And by doing it, what's the purpose?  What's
> the
> >end-game of endorsements or using LinkedIn?  If one of you would clue me
> in
> >on this, I'd be grateful.
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >Doug
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