I connect with people all of the time on the big three LI, FB and TW. When I connect to you on LinkedIn it means I like to have you as a connection, but I may not necessarily want to get constant updates from you – especially in my email inbox. That is my own private space, and I only let a few lucky people in there.

I just had a very interesting incident happen to me. A couple of hours ago I received an email from a network member on LinkedIn. This was not to a group – it was specifically to me and several other people.  As “newsy/informational” as it looked it was definitely an ad. Red lights and buzzers go off in my. No thanks. The response I sent (via email, because that is where it came from was as follows:

“This is not what I wanted when I signed up for linkedin. Please remove me from any of your future mailings.”

The person I sent it to knows someone who knows my cell number. I get a call basically telling me that the original sender took offense to my response. He thinks that by being connected to me he should be able to email me whenever he wants. That is what a connection means to him.

What do you think ? Would it offend you to receive what I sent above?

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