[Boatanchors] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Well said Pete! Thank you for an informed viewpoint.

Duane, W8DBF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <manualman at juno.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn


>I believe it's also a myth with Linkedln. Most of the time the problem
> occurs because of the carelessness of the social media subscriber when
> sending e-mails through their system (not watching "copy to", "copy all",
> careless "cut and paste" techniques, etc.).
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:59:52 -0400 rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
> writes:
>> Facebook will NOT harvest your address book UNLESS you provide YOUR
>> password!
>>
>> It does NOT do so automatically!  That is a myth!
>>
>> N0DGN
>>
>> On 7/15/2011 3:45 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> > LinkedIn and FaceBook actively harvest address books of
>> subscribers. They
>> > are the scum of the web.
>> >
>> > Just say NO! And if you feel strongly enough, forweard the email
>> to
>> > abuse at ......
>> >
>> > If you've been solicited once, it will happen again. I put anybody
>> who
>> > send out this garbage on Moderated status immediately in my
>> Groups.
>> >
>> > -John
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