Comments on: When LinkedIn Groups Go Awry http://www.steigmancommunications.com/2008/12/29/when-linkedin-groups-go-awry/ Business. Communications. Social Media. Strategy. | Daria Steigman | Steigman Communications, LLC Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daria Steigman http://www.steigmancommunications.com/2008/12/29/when-linkedin-groups-go-awry/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Daria Steigman Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:42:25 +0000 http://steigmancommunications.com/wordpress/2008/12/29/when-linkedin-groups-go-awry/#comment-37 Beth: Excellent point about the lack of a social media mindset. The question then becomes whether LinkedIn is the right place for community building. I think we're in a "chicken or the egg" quandry: while I'd like to see more robust discussion forums, I'm not prepared to expend my energy in pushing for it here. Beth: Excellent point about the lack of a social media mindset. The question then becomes whether LinkedIn is the right place for community building. I think we’re in a “chicken or the egg” quandry: while I’d like to see more robust discussion forums, I’m not prepared to expend my energy in pushing for it here.

]]> By: Beth Harte http://www.steigmancommunications.com/2008/12/29/when-linkedin-groups-go-awry/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Beth Harte Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:15:32 +0000 http://steigmancommunications.com/wordpress/2008/12/29/when-linkedin-groups-go-awry/#comment-36 Daria, glad you pointed this out. I have joined a lot of LinkedIn groups but haven't been that active some of which is attributed to the reasons you listed. I also see a lot of the 'seeking free advice' in the Q&A section too. I think there's still a mindset that LinkedIn is just a tool for sales and there isn't really a social media mindset for community building. Hopefully that will change, but I tend to doubt it. It will be interesting for sure to see how it trends in 2009. Happy New Year to you and yours! Daria, glad you pointed this out. I have joined a lot of LinkedIn groups but haven’t been that active some of which is attributed to the reasons you listed. I also see a lot of the ‘seeking free advice’ in the Q&A section too. I think there’s still a mindset that LinkedIn is just a tool for sales and there isn’t really a social media mindset for community building. Hopefully that will change, but I tend to doubt it. It will be interesting for sure to see how it trends in 2009.

Happy New Year to you and yours!

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