""Linkedin drama" on cnn...thoughts?

Re: ""Linkedin drama" on cnn...thoughts?

• CarrieB. member

  March 2014

  I kind of feel bad for both of these women. They both acted rudely. Not professional at all.

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• aglenn member

  March 2014

  I agree with K3am - both of them committed career suicide.  While it might be easy and tempting to lash out and/or lash back, this amounted to a public temper tantrum on both sides and was a dumb move for both participants.
  

  

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• mlee116 member

  March 2014

  I think this is a big to-do about nothing.  Blazek should've just declined her and moved on instead of sending a nasty message to an inexperienced graduate.  Mekota should've kept her mouth shut instead of tattle-telling to the whole world about how someone was mean to her.  So unprofessional on both counts.

  

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• groovygrl member

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  I don't know that I agree it is a big to do about nothing...I think it is very reflective of the overall incivility in our culture, especially when it comes to digital communications...it is shocking when people do this with their real names and professions on the line but it is almost like people forget they are not anonymous behind that computer screen bc such interactions seem to be commonplace in others online settings...I am often rather shocked at comments posted on news items and whatnot with people's real names visible as well(not saying anonymity makes it ok to be obnoxious either)...I dunno, I think it reflects a greater issue and not just one isolated duo.

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• mlee116 member

  March 2014

  groovygrl said:

  I don't know that I agree it is a big to do about nothing...I think it is very reflective of the overall incivility in our culture, especially when it comes to digital communications...it is shocking when people do this with their real names and professions on the line but it is almost like people forget they are not anonymous behind that computer screen bc such interactions seem to be commonplace in others online settings...I am often rather shocked at comments posted on news items and whatnot with people's real names visible as well(not saying anonymity makes it ok to be obnoxious either)...I dunno, I think it reflects a greater issue and not just one isolated duo.

  Yes, I totally agree that there is an incivility issue when it comes to technology.  When I said it was a big to-do about nothing I'm not talking about the fact that people are addressing the issue, I meant that the actual altercation could have (and should have) been avoided entirely in the first place if both parties had used some professional judgment.  There's just no reason to act like this.  All of it was completely uncalled for.  

  
  

  

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• groovygrl member

  March 2014

  Ahhhh got it and yes, totally unnecessary for it to have ever been an issue.

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