Short answer - NO. (This wasn't a rhetorical YES question, was it?)
Life is short. Take what you need, give what you can freely without expectation of reward...
My limited experience:
As an Asker: When questions closed in 7 days...- "what free software do you recommend to others", I don't feel the need to mark a "best answer" and "good" answers... I would have liked to produce a complete list of all the summaries on line with links for everyone to use. I do have quite a few personal thank yous to write - I didn't expect the number of contributions... and resulting conversations which take up spare time.
As an Answerer (about 40 or so): I don't feel "I need" resolution, to know what someone else found the most useful, or to get a thank you, have a conversation. I certainly don't want an "auto responder" or a raft of messages to trawl through solely because I made a small contribution.
That said, I get an occasional wonderful lift from a thank you given freely.
I believe the only changes in my behaviour are driven by the SPARE time I have available to provide input... So, I am
- more selective about contributions
- where the "how to get things done" has been answered I generally don't add anything else, because LESS is MORE... for the asker.
I didn't know there were issues about no "formal resolution"... I've been caught up tracking down wireless applications developers/half term holidays, etc.
On the WONDERFUL side this week, one contact put me in touch with a class mate from high school.... who's been in Japan for over 20 years. We've pretty much caught up on the families, life, the universe, work, etc.
So, in terms of things which would be especialy useful to fix in LinkedIn, my "three issues" are
- Introductions - either rejection or fast forwarding to recipients (there is no way of knowing where it is stuck/bPublish Posteing ignored).
Life is short. Take what you need, give what you can freely without expectation of reward...
My limited experience:
As an Asker: When questions closed in 7 days...- "what free software do you recommend to others", I don't feel the need to mark a "best answer" and "good" answers... I would have liked to produce a complete list of all the summaries on line with links for everyone to use. I do have quite a few personal thank yous to write - I didn't expect the number of contributions... and resulting conversations which take up spare time.
As an Answerer (about 40 or so): I don't feel "I need" resolution, to know what someone else found the most useful, or to get a thank you, have a conversation. I certainly don't want an "auto responder" or a raft of messages to trawl through solely because I made a small contribution.
That said, I get an occasional wonderful lift from a thank you given freely.
I believe the only changes in my behaviour are driven by the SPARE time I have available to provide input... So, I am
- more selective about contributions
- where the "how to get things done" has been answered I generally don't add anything else, because LESS is MORE... for the asker.
I didn't know there were issues about no "formal resolution"... I've been caught up tracking down wireless applications developers/half term holidays, etc.
On the WONDERFUL side this week, one contact put me in touch with a class mate from high school.... who's been in Japan for over 20 years. We've pretty much caught up on the families, life, the universe, work, etc.
So, in terms of things which would be especialy useful to fix in LinkedIn, my "three issues" are
- Introductions - either rejection or fast forwarding to recipients (there is no way of knowing where it is stuck/bPublish Posteing ignored).
- Indentity verification - ensuring that people were who they say they are, emails address up to date/verified each year.
- Invitations from "colleague/classmates"- I'm sure others have been spammed/conned by those who have found the loop hole in the security.... I report those who no longer have the invitation data on their profile.
Hope you are open to a different point of view...
- Invitations from "colleague/classmates"- I'm sure others have been spammed/conned by those who have found the loop hole in the security.... I report those who no longer have the invitation data on their profile.
Hope you are open to a different point of view...
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