[clue-talk] Linked In CLUE Group?

[Nate Duehr]

On Nov 28, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Jed S. Baer wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:13:58 -0700
> Chris Hirsch wrote:
>
>> Hey all...I was just wondering if there is a CLUE Linked In group? If
>> not, why not?
>
> Because nobody has created one?
>
> JMHO, but LinkIn is a pox on the internet. If you read their terms  
> etc.
> carefully, you'll see that they encourage people to upload their  
> entire
> address book for bulk sending of inviations -- i.e. SPAM. They also  
> say
> that they track in and out clicks on websites, and claim that it's the
> nature of internet communications for them to receive such info,  
> which is
> a blatant lie. The only way they can track out-clicks is by either
> actively employing web beacons, and/or using JavaScript to capture
> browser events.


Even the supposedly "not evil" Google does much of the above.  It's  
just normal business on the Net these days.


> And if you happen to get a linkedin invite, and ignore/delete it  
> because
> you consider it to be junk, they don't just leave it be. No, they  
> send you
> reminders, thus they have an automated non-confirmed opt-in mailing  
> list,
> to which someone other than yourself can subscribe you.


Yeah, the reminders can be annoying, but I won't die from them.


> IOW, they're internet scum.


There's a difference between the real scum and these folks I think.


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Nate Duehr
nate at natetech.com