The IT Skeptic - Comments for "New LinkedIn group for Owning ITIL"

Maybe they should have used ITIL?

Visitor — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:56:28 +0000

You're using a service and product that you have a problem with? Just raise an incident - if enough people do then maybe it will get fixed? The ITIL way? Or.... did you pick the wrong tool and it's your decision is wrong because you didn't qualify your requirements before you started? Try get an IT person to help if any will talk to you. Or if you don't have luck there, maybe a kid who's 16 or something... (s)he'd probably be able to tell you what to do. You'll find them in the real world - they've no problem with peer communications...

My opinion only.

Regards,
DemneMaol

Another big issue with LinkedIn is ...well.. the links

skeptic — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:21:20 +0000

Another big issue with LinkedIn is ...well.. the links. It is not designed to be shared. You cannot send the link to a group discussion to anyone else unless they happen to also be in the group already.

LinkeIdin needs an archive search tool and...

deaf-llama — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:48:14 +0000

LinkedIn, in my view, has the potential to be the #1 professional interaction resource but suffers from:

(1) Too many groups making it really hard to track important/interesting discussions without hours at the keyboard checking each group
- the weekly digest helps but usually it's rather late then to participate.
(2) The lack of a Search box that searches content across groups - I can't even find the comments that I wrote!
(3) Noise from Adverts and "see me" posts
(4) The LIONs who seem to me to be trying to be linked to everyone on the planet whether you have anything in common with them or not
(5) The Freds and Maritas who recommend each other ...but even worse at the same time so all their contacts can see that's the case!
(6) Responses that simply say "see my unrelated product here!"
(7) Why would anyone but a house-burglar want to know that Marcel Marceau is miming in Acapulco this week? (The travel notes)

I'm not on Facebook ("good for getting a different date every night, 18-30s tell me) or Twitter (spam but not as you know it!), so perhaps I'm just out of touch? Bring back VaxNotes, the original interaction tool.

Linkedin groups are good when

skeptic — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:19:00 +0000

yeah a few groups are getting as bad as my inbox. Linkedin groups are good when
- the group is focused on a topic
- the moderators kick butt

Come check it out

impact

buraddo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:31:11 +0000

Do you find linkedin groups useful?

I get emails from for or five groups and almost none are ever commented on.. Seems like alot of noise..

Sort of reinforces the rule that building a community around a topic requires some high value content contributors to generate value. Group think alone doesn't cut it..

Hope the group does not get swamped with the garbage that a high traffic unmoderated site like linked in is prone to generate.

Brad Vaughan