by Michael Benidt on March 7, 2012
You’ve joined a LinkedIn Group. Unfortunately, Peter Peddler has joined the same group. Since legitimate email services have already heaved his ho-ho-ho out the door, he’s joined LinkedIn because LinkedIn allows him to spam you with impunity.

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by Michael Benidt on March 5, 2012
It’s Spring Training time and baseball nuts are out in force. The real nuts, however, may just be the companies like MLB.com who seem to be selling their customer service soul to social media clowns.

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by Michael Benidt on February 8, 2012
It arrives over and over and over again. It’s that oh so personal message, “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.” No explanation and no referral. Just click here, please. It’s making LinkedIn ecstatic. But, it should be making you nervous.

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by Michael Benidt on January 27, 2012
Here’s a screen shot that pretty much tells the story of why a once fairly intriguing form of communication has gone down the tubes so quickly. Spammers are now piling onto Twitter in swarms and very few people seem to care, and even fewer are willing to point them out for you.

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