Comments on: Bullsh*t LinkedIn SPAM

By: Jason Seiden

Jason Seiden — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:12:57 +0000

Scott—Only if I get to play the Kevin Spacey role in the remake of The Negotiator.

By: scott carbonara

scott carbonara — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:44:23 +0000

The original email along with your comments should be required reading for every marketing and communication professional. And hostage negotiators. They can read the original email to bad guys, and then the SWAT team can rush in once everyone slips into unconsciousness.

By: Jason Seiden

Jason Seiden — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:10:17 +0000

@Etienne—I just sent you an overdue LinkedIn invite… I hope you’ll accept!

@Lance—I have included you in my spambot. You will start receiving notes from all my affiliates, my affiliates’ affiliates, my extended family, and a few from the guy down the block who asked if he could use my list to help him start his fledging business; he sells wireless pnuematic cinder block crushers to people who don’t know karate but want to pretend they can do that whole chop-a-block thing.

@fran—There aren’t enough delete buttons in the world for me to express how I feel about this ouevre.

Ed—So you got one, too, huh?

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:24:29 +0000

Heinous.

(That’s the name of the guy who sent it.)

By: fran melmed

fran melmed — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:43:57 +0000

i’d delete at “firstly.” firstly?! it may be acceptable, but it’s not human.

By: Lance Haun

Lance Haun — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:28:50 +0000

Wait, how am I not on your mailing list? If I want to get spam, I want to get spam I can sort of trust. That’s you!

Congrats on the HotJobs mention.

By: Etienne

Etienne — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:44:43 +0000

Jason

Thanks for turning this monstrosity into an entertaining read.

And this post shows that one shouldn’t just accept any invitation on LinkedIn (although I hope you’ll forget what I just said should I some day humbly ask the honor of becoming your “Dear Fellow 1st level LinkedIn Connection”).

Etienne