Comments on: Once I Ask Someone to Accept My LinkedIn Invite How Do I Access Their Direct Contacts? http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/ Social Media Strategy for Businesses and Professionals Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Should a LinkedIn LION Display Their Connections? « LinkedIn Expert Advice & Insight through Your Questions – A LinkedIn Blog that Goes Beyond the "Official" Explanationshttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-152 Should a LinkedIn LION Display Their Connections? « LinkedIn Expert Advice & Insight through Your Questions – A LinkedIn Blog that Goes Beyond the "Official" Explanations Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:13:47 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-152 [...] in this blog last year.  And I commented on this as well in a more recent blog post concerning how you contact your new connection’s direct contacts.  I would like to add one more reason to my previous blog posts as to why you may want to hide [...] [...] in this blog last year.  And I commented on this as well in a more recent blog post concerning how you contact your new connection’s direct contacts.  I would like to add one more reason to my previous blog posts as to why you may want to hide [...]

]]> By: Neal Schafferhttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-150 Neal Schaffer Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:42:31 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-150 Hey Chris, I understand that that is a potential value of not hiding your connections. But what if your friend is in a competitive industry? I guess the question comes down to is LinkedIn demographically different seeing that it is for "professionals" and therefore should this demand different rules for managing "connections" seeing that they are "professional" ones. Once again there is no one answer for this, but I hope when you see people who do it differently than you do that you do not hold it against them. Now as for the font size, thanks for the comment. I will check into how I do this ;-) Cheers, Neal Hey Chris,

I understand that that is a potential value of not hiding your connections. But what if your friend is in a competitive industry? I guess the question comes down to is LinkedIn demographically different seeing that it is for “professionals” and therefore should this demand different rules for managing “connections” seeing that they are “professional” ones. Once again there is no one answer for this, but I hope when you see people who do it differently than you do that you do not hold it against them.

Now as for the font size, thanks for the comment. I will check into how I do this ;-)

Cheers,
Neal

]]> By: Neal Schafferhttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-4360 Neal Schaffer Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:42:00 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-4360 Hey Chris, I understand that that is a potential value of not hiding your connections. But what if your friend is in a competitive industry? I guess the question comes down to is LinkedIn demographically different seeing that it is for "professionals" and therefore should this demand different rules for managing "connections" seeing that they are "professional" ones. Once again there is no one answer for this, but I hope when you see people who do it differently than you do that you do not hold it against them. Now as for the font size, thanks for the comment. I will check into how I do this ;-) Cheers, Neal Hey Chris,

I understand that that is a potential value of not hiding your connections. But what if your friend is in a competitive industry? I guess the question comes down to is LinkedIn demographically different seeing that it is for “professionals” and therefore should this demand different rules for managing “connections” seeing that they are “professional” ones. Once again there is no one answer for this, but I hope when you see people who do it differently than you do that you do not hold it against them.

Now as for the font size, thanks for the comment. I will check into how I do this ;-)

Cheers,
Neal

]]> By: Chrishttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-151 Chris Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:18:10 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-151 Interesting- I didn't know this was something we could change, but if I've accepted a connection with someone I'm not sure why I would want to hide my other contacts from them. That's one of the main ways I find contacts- by going through my friend's contact lists to look for people I know. BTW, this site would be a lot more readable if you didn't use such a tiny font- size 2 is much better for body text. Interesting- I didn’t know this was something we could change, but if I’ve accepted a connection with someone I’m not sure why I would want to hide my other contacts from them. That’s one of the main ways I find contacts- by going through my friend’s contact lists to look for people I know.

BTW, this site would be a lot more readable if you didn’t use such a tiny font- size 2 is much better for body text.

]]> By: Chrishttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-4361 Chris Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:18:00 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-4361 Interesting- I didn't know this was something we could change, but if I've accepted a connection with someone I'm not sure why I would want to hide my other contacts from them. That's one of the main ways I find contacts- by going through my friend's contact lists to look for people I know. BTW, this site would be a lot more readable if you didn't use such a tiny font- size 2 is much better for body text. Interesting- I didn’t know this was something we could change, but if I’ve accepted a connection with someone I’m not sure why I would want to hide my other contacts from them. That’s one of the main ways I find contacts- by going through my friend’s contact lists to look for people I know.

BTW, this site would be a lot more readable if you didn’t use such a tiny font- size 2 is much better for body text.

]]> By: Neal Schafferhttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-149 Neal Schaffer Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:51:44 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-149 Hey Louise, Good to see you here after all of that Tweeting ;-) Yes, I hear you and know of others that have done what you did, i.e. connected with someone and then looked through their connections to find good people to further connect with. And I realize that this is an innocent thing with no harm intended. Like I said, there is no right answer, and I truly respect both sides. That being said, and to clarify what I always mention to everyone in light of your comment, if you let me know the types of people that you'd like to be introduced to I'd be more than happy to dig through my contacts and give you some ideas ;-) - Neal Hey Louise,
Good to see you here after all of that Tweeting ;-) Yes, I hear you and know of others that have done what you did, i.e. connected with someone and then looked through their connections to find good people to further connect with. And I realize that this is an innocent thing with no harm intended. Like I said, there is no right answer, and I truly respect both sides. That being said, and to clarify what I always mention to everyone in light of your comment, if you let me know the types of people that you’d like to be introduced to I’d be more than happy to dig through my contacts and give you some ideas ;-)
- Neal

]]> By: Neal Schafferhttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-4359 Neal Schaffer Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:51:00 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-4359 Hey Louise, Good to see you here after all of that Tweeting ;-) Yes, I hear you and know of others that have done what you did, i.e. connected with someone and then looked through their connections to find good people to further connect with. And I realize that this is an innocent thing with no harm intended. Like I said, there is no right answer, and I truly respect both sides. That being said, and to clarify what I always mention to everyone in light of your comment, if you let me know the types of people that you'd like to be introduced to I'd be more than happy to dig through my contacts and give you some ideas ;-) - Neal Hey Louise,
Good to see you here after all of that Tweeting ;-) Yes, I hear you and know of others that have done what you did, i.e. connected with someone and then looked through their connections to find good people to further connect with. And I realize that this is an innocent thing with no harm intended. Like I said, there is no right answer, and I truly respect both sides. That being said, and to clarify what I always mention to everyone in light of your comment, if you let me know the types of people that you’d like to be introduced to I’d be more than happy to dig through my contacts and give you some ideas ;-)
- Neal

]]> By: Louisehttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-148 Louise Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:44:53 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-148 Hey Neal, Interesting post. I'll admit to being a bit miffed when I find a new connection is not sharing their contacts, but I understand that there are reasons for it. Particularly in your case and others where you have so many, or are in a sales-type job where you don't want people poaching, I can see some logic in it. However, your point that it isn't necessary doesn't completely hold water, because I've gotten some good connections simply by scanning a new contact's connections, seeing someone who looked like I had something in common with and then asking for an introduction. Sometimes you don't know what you are looking for until you find it :-) Hey Neal, Interesting post. I’ll admit to being a bit miffed when I find a new connection is not sharing their contacts, but I understand that there are reasons for it. Particularly in your case and others where you have so many, or are in a sales-type job where you don’t want people poaching, I can see some logic in it. However, your point that it isn’t necessary doesn’t completely hold water, because I’ve gotten some good connections simply by scanning a new contact’s connections, seeing someone who looked like I had something in common with and then asking for an introduction. Sometimes you don’t know what you are looking for until you find it :-)

]]> By: Louisehttp://windmillnetworking.com/2009/04/02/once-i-ask-someone-to-accept-my-invite-how-do-i-access-their-direct-contacts/#comment-4358 Louise Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:44:00 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-4358 Hey Neal, Interesting post. I'll admit to being a bit miffed when I find a new connection is not sharing their contacts, but I understand that there are reasons for it. Particularly in your case and others where you have so many, or are in a sales-type job where you don't want people poaching, I can see some logic in it. However, your point that it isn't necessary doesn't completely hold water, because I've gotten some good connections simply by scanning a new contact's connections, seeing someone who looked like I had something in common with and then asking for an introduction. Sometimes you don't know what you are looking for until you find it :-) Hey Neal, Interesting post. I’ll admit to being a bit miffed when I find a new connection is not sharing their contacts, but I understand that there are reasons for it. Particularly in your case and others where you have so many, or are in a sales-type job where you don’t want people poaching, I can see some logic in it. However, your point that it isn’t necessary doesn’t completely hold water, because I’ve gotten some good connections simply by scanning a new contact’s connections, seeing someone who looked like I had something in common with and then asking for an introduction. Sometimes you don’t know what you are looking for until you find it :-)

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