http://www.thecatalystcode.com/theconversation/blog/2009/03/16/the-young-and-not-so-restless/ The Catalyst Code Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:16:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://www.thecatalystcode.com/theconversation/blog/2009/03/16/the-young-and-not-so-restless/#comment-8127 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:50:54 +0000 http://www.thecatalystcode.com/theconversation/blog/2009/03/16/the-young-and-not-so-restless/#comment-8127 As a 1963-born Gen X, the only time I interface with LinkedIn, is to initiate or approve a connection. Nothing else ever happens beyond that. LinkedIn is more like a personal white pages of my professional contacts and little more. But although I rarely go to Linked In, I'm glad its there. It provides a place for me to channel boring professional people that want to "social network" with me, but that I really don't want reading my tweets and seeing the pics of me from the will party last weekend that inhabit the Facebook world. I tightly restrict Facebook friending to friends --true social friends--only. Facebook should be grateful for LinkedIn. If I was inundated with uninteresting, strictly business professional contacts (for whom I have to maintain stiff, professional face--I'm in the banking business) buttting into my fun Facebook world, I'd dump Facebook like a stone. As a 1963-born Gen X, the only time I interface with LinkedIn, is to initiate or approve a connection. Nothing else ever happens beyond that. LinkedIn is more like a personal white pages of my professional contacts and little more. But although I rarely go to Linked In, I’m glad its there. It provides a place for me to channel boring professional people that want to “social network” with me, but that I really don’t want reading my tweets and seeing the pics of me from the will party last weekend that inhabit the Facebook world. I tightly restrict Facebook friending to friends –true social friends–only. Facebook should be grateful for LinkedIn. If I was inundated with uninteresting, strictly business professional contacts (for whom I have to maintain stiff, professional face–I’m in the banking business) buttting into my fun Facebook world, I’d dump Facebook like a stone.

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