Comments on: LinkedIn Dangerous? Forbes Thinks So – Ahh, the Irony

By: Melisa Peveto

Melisa Peveto — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:29:07 +0000

I do not think that LinkedIn is dangerous. You just have to be careful on what information you give to the site.

By: Eric Olsen

Eric Olsen — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:45:33 +0000

But talking has made me reconsider, so thanks, I’ll hang in there and see where it goes, with minimal profile information!

By: Eric Olsen

Eric Olsen — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:14:11 +0000

Well, you may be right, but also, you don’t know what the risks will be in the future. For many, I’m sure this is no problem, yet each day I see LinkedIn asking for ever more personal information, and I hardly see how metrics such as my birthday, etc, are going to change the status of my professional standing. Most of my employees on LinkedIn do not use our company email, but instead use their private email. This is good for them, as they can enhance their careers very easily since our company reputation for training new engineers is very good. But again, this exposes our good employees to our competitors, and my main point is again highlighted, that is, those with more money will have the advantage. Furthermore, I have yet to gain a single sale so far through this forum, and no, I am not intimidated by my competitors ads within my profile…I am not happy with the loss of control of my personnel metrics, the networks I form, and information it provides to others. I think I’ll work with other forms of social networking, ones that we have better control. And sure, I know your response,…the world is changing, there is nothing I can do to stop it, and you’d be right, but that doesn’t neccesarily make it better.

By: Scott Allen

Scott Allen — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:37:54 +0000

I hear what you’re saying, Eric, but for me, the benefits FAR outweigh the risks. I would contend that if your profile isn’t stronger than that competitor’s dinky little 3-line ad, then you need to put a little more work into your profile. More generally, if your business doesn’t stand up favorably against the competition, there are bigger issues to be concerned about. I welcome the competition — I’ll go head-to-head against anybody. I won’t win every time, but the ones I do win with are the right customers for me. Bring it on!

By: Eric Olsen

Eric Olsen — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:33:48 +0000

Leaders of small companies might think twice about LinkedIn … I found my competitors ads placed alongside my own profile. I don’t know what others are seeing. But it occurred to me that I’m helping to build a professional network so that LinkedIn can build their own advertising platform (duh!), and this fact places us smaller companies at a disadvantage… especially if your company is not willing to fork out the “as little as ten dollars a day” advertising rate.

By: r.j. metschan

r.j. metschan — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:21:43 +0000

Dear Mr. Allen,
the world is funny,
the business-world even more,
but yet so transparent…
It somehow reminds me on the German “Bild-Zeitung” – the leading “news”paper of the german yellow press
It is just manipulation on a very low level,
but sometimes sooo funny…
especially the headlines, eg. – when mr ratzinger was voted for pope in rome last year, the bild-zeitungs headline, just the day after election, was:
WE ARE POPE

The Forbes warning is another small gem in the crown of irony.

Thank`s for your article
r.j. metschan