https://www.mindtools.com/blog/lies-on-linkedin/ Essential skills for an excellent career Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:31:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.mindtools.com/blog/lies-on-linkedin/#comment-3688 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 05:12:12 +0000 https://www.mindtools.com/blog/?p=29279#comment-3688 Thanks for these reminders and tips. I never would've thought to label "those folks" as socialites on LinkedIn! I was already applying Charlie's suggestion but needed to do it more regularly. I can relate to Fay's approach of limiting (or screening) incoming connections. It has become annoying to receive blank or non-personalized LI connection requests from total strangers, "third party buddies" (you and I have connected independently with person B or liked their posts/comments, but WE have never interacted), or strangers within the same membership organization. When I see the notification and there's no accompanying note, I get an immediate attitude - thinking to myself, "who the [blank] are you?" LOL (I have a unique experience that I'd love to post but it can wait until after more people have commented.)

]]> https://www.mindtools.com/blog/lies-on-linkedin/#comment-3687 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:26:10 +0000 https://www.mindtools.com/blog/?p=29279#comment-3687 Such a timely and well-observed piece Alice, thank you. Unfortunately, there seem to be more and more 'timewasters' on Linked In these days and it is such a shame because the platform has so many positives to offer. I am certainly going to review my contacts and remove those that don't add any value to me - it will be interesting to see how this affects my timeline.

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