So how creepy is this?
A coupla weeks ago one night late I got an email from them suggesting I
link up with others I might know. So just sorta surfing I scroll down
the list and see a lot of people I used to work with, people I know,
people who I sorta knew or heard of but were "friends" with others on my
list. That was kinda fun, but no one I cared to "friend" or whatever
you do there. I hit this one whose picture looks sorta familiar, and
the first name is sorta familiar, and I look closer and see it was a
girlfriend from some time before I was married, which was 31 years and 1
week ago. I just about sh*t. Turns out she is linked to a guy I know,
two away, but that must include about a million people, and there were
only a coupla "2 away" people on the whole list. So how she popped up
there I have no idea, but it really creeped me out. I figure they must
be using some kind of data mining someway somehow, but how she got
snared in that I cannot imagine. Maybe the NSA are behind Linkedin?
The years do not appear to have been as kind to her as they have to me,
either!
--R
On 7/3/13 2:27 PM, Tim Crone wrote:
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Alex Chamberlain
<apchamberl...@gmail.com>wrote:
I think at some point I must have given LinkedIn access to my GMail
account, because now people from the OkieBenz list seem to be coming up
randomly in the "People You May Know" list that LinkedIn presents when you
first log in. It's interesting to see what people's occupations are, for
the ones that I didn't already know. There sees to be a strong bias
towards IT--software engineers, network admins, etc., which I guess should
not be a surprise given that IT people love to tinker and appreciate
well-made machinery.
I've noticed that there's a strong bent of active participants on this list
toward detail-oriented professions. I suspect that many car people are
this way, and certainly for e-mail lists like ours it probably helps to
keep our interest when each oil thread contains some very slightly
different information. :)
That said, LinkedIn's algorithm is creepy smart. I have no idea how but
they have strongly recommended people I know from church, and some very
distant business associates, with whom I share no near business connections
and haven't exchanged email from an address LinkedIn knows. I sometimes
flip through the chart just to see who they suggest, though I'm generally
pretty picky about who my links are.
Best,
-Tim
as you can see from LinkedIn, no longer works for a competitor of Jim
_______________________________________
http://www.okiebenz.com
For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com
To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
_______________________________________
http://www.okiebenz.com
For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com
To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:
http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
