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Permalink Reply by Paul DeBettignies on December 28, 2008 at 10:33pm

It looks like he sent the same message to all who previosuly accepted a friend request not so much every new person. So there was some thought behind it.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Levy on December 29, 2008 at 7:02am

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You're right about this; I should have noted this initially. I used "Welcome Wagon" because it connotes something that although well-meaning, is contrived. I find these mass greetings, marketings, et. al. disingenuous in the same vein as phishing.

Put up a blog post or start a discussion; I've been part of many online recruiting communities where these mass events practically take over the postings and responses to questions become marketing opportunities.

Doug Franklin of ContractRecruiterJobs on Yahoo groups posted this. Very nice.

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Permalink Reply by Paul DeBettignies on December 29, 2008 at 9:24am

Steve,

I agree with you. I had some more words to add after "So there was some thought behind it." including some thought but not enough of it. Then there was more after that but I decided not too.

It is annoying and will be interesting to see who is next.

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