Comments on: Why Do Some Corporate IT Departments Continue to Block LinkedIn?

By: Carl Whalley

Carl Whalley — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:27:05 +0000

With Android/iPhone/Blackberry etc devices this point is becoming moot.

By: Scot Duke

Scot Duke — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:38:59 +0000

RT @pattyfarmer: Why Do Some Corporate IT Departments Continue to Block LinkedIn?http://bit.ly/WE5hv BECAUSE OF THE SPAM

By: nealschaffer

nealschaffer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:05:20 +0000

Great to see you here again Steven! Indeed LinkedIn is a wealth of resources for any company and should be recognized as such.

By: stevenburda

stevenburda — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:02:10 +0000

Well said… those who want to use Linkedin, will.
Home, office, friends house
Good post – IT should NOT block Linkedin, as we people learn from others (think Q&A section and group participation!)
Shortcut to this article: http://tinyurl.com/WhyBlock
- Steven Burda

By: nealschaffer

nealschaffer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:57:58 +0000

Scot, that is a valid point. But the only way the spammers can get control of your email address is if you connect with them. Plus, they will only spam the email address that you have on record, which you have the freedom to customize as you see fit. I agree 100% of the spam issue, but there is spam everywhere, not just on LinkedIn, and I feel that the benefits far outweigh the potential spamming.

By: mrbusinessgolf

mrbusinessgolf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:37:44 +0000

There are some valid reasons why the large corporations stay away form social sites. In the case of LinkedIn, recently LinkedIn has been a magnet for businesses who are just out to fill an email database so they can promote some product or service that is of no interest to anyone, especially large corporations. This could be said for all social networks that are not controlled, but in the case of LinkedIn, who premise is to house a database of business people, it is a shame it has become such a draw for these email farmers since it is probably one of the only social networks that large firms would embrace as a tool to finding business connections and potential employees. Oh, the price we pay to be spammed.

By: nealschaffer

nealschaffer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:31:40 +0000

Agree with you there Kathy. It's time for the SEC to smell the coffee and wake up to the Web 2.0 World that we live in!

By: nealschaffer

nealschaffer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:27 +0000

It's all very counter productive, isn't it? because at the end of the day we will be using the Social Web not just for communicating but for also finding relevant information. Your companies and others who continue to block this flow of information will suffer the consequences…

By: nealschaffer

nealschaffer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:57:39 +0000

Hey Bruce, that is an interesting error which I have never seen before so hard to say what the root cause could be.

That's also an interesting point you make about the double standard: I would agree that it exists as well and is quite hypocritical...

Thanks for your contribution to the conversation!

By: Gregg Morris

Gregg Morris — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:01:28 +0000

RT @NealSchaffer: Does your company block your using social networking sites like LinkedIn? Why? http://budurl.com/neal89 #socialmedia