I'm pretty mediocre when it comes to social media, apart from this blog. I have a half-hearted presence on Facebook, use LinkedIn for business contacts and click "yes" for most people that come looking for me on Xing. And there are a couple of communities relating to non-work interests that I'm quite into, when time allows.I've noticed in the last week that a couple of these networks are "coming back at me" - and not always in a desirable direction.
It looks as if LinkedIn are starting to recruit people to take part in surveys. This is just about OK in my book - and at least they had the decency to ask if I wanted to take part in future surveys, and how often. Plus there was the option of donating the €5 incentive to charity.
But a worrying development happened via a site called InterNations, that I joined once, never used, and don't seem to be able to extricate myself from. It was a classic cold-caller selling financial advice who used every repugnant trick in the book until I called his bluff and he admitted to having my details from InterNations. What's rubbish about this, apart from the annoyance, is that not only did the financial advice firm take a plummet in my estimation for using such shoddy tactics (I'm not naming names yet as I am giving them a chance to redeem themselves) but the whole grubby feeling also manages to rub off on InterNations.
What you'd call a lose-lose situation, I suppose.
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I agree - it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth when you've done a survey thinking you'll help someone or something - then it backfires into endless cold calls. That's why I won't answer any surveys for anybody any more. As you say, lose-lose. And it's making me more cynical and jaded than I want to be. Big lose all round.
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