Once a week, I get this message from a complete stranger on LinkedIn:
Since you are a person I trust, I wanted to invite you to join my network on LinkedIn
Ugh.
I’m terrified you put your trust in strangers with a social media humor blog. That’s like putting your internet business in the hands of your friend who tells a funny story about that one time they logged onto AOL back in 1997. it’s not that hard to type a quick one or two sentence introduction.
So, who should be able to send that message? There’s one clear answer. Pets.
Just look at how adorable it is:
How can anyone say no to that?
So, from now on when I get that “Since you are a person I trust message,” regardless of what the avatar is, I’m going to image you are a friendly animal I met in my lifetime. Only our furry, adorable friends should send that message.
People should be forced to use their meager social skills to connect with people so they can further advance their careers. How else are we going to expect them to get ahead if they can’t send an introductory email?
This is one of my favorite rants. WHY is it so hard to tell me how we know one another if you're the one making the initial connection?! I used to click on the person's name to see how we know one another. Now I just ignore the connection. But I'm thinking I'll begin responding with, "Since you're a person I trust, I'm going to let you connect with Pete the Tapeworm first." Let's see what happens!
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