Linked out

Maybe I was a little harsh about LinkedIn. Having snooped around the blogs of some fellow 23 Thingsers, such as James whose wife "made many good connections and got work through Linked In", I concede that it could be a Good Thing; a useful career tool. Sorry about the paranoid moment.

Thing 14 - Linked?

My big brother asked me to LinkIn months ago, so that I could admire his profile. And I did. Why did I LinkIn so readily, but have a Thing about Facebook? Is it because of that reassuring sentence on the LinkedIn About Us page: "All relationships on LinkedIn are mutually confirmed, and no one appears in the LinkedIn Network without knowledge and explicit consent"? What is a 'qualified professional' anyway? And how are they more trustworthy than Ordinary Folk? So many questions.
Here are some less demanding early spring crocuses.