Comments on: If you want to LinkIn with me, you better hurry.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:34:10 +0000

I didn’t know about that 500 limit. That’s a pain, especially as I once did a six-degrees back-of-an-envelope calculation that ultimately I’d be connected to 216,453,562,521 people

http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/six-degees-of-separation.html

By: Mike Dover

Mike Dover — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:42:16 +0000

Well, this has gone to hell pretty quick.

Tracey Pether http://www.traceypether.com/ just accepted an invitation I sent months ago.

I can’t cut her…she’s the doyenne of my social group. I’d be a complete outcast.

Maybe Dan is right.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:53:57 +0000

Now I’m feeling guilty for causing you to bump someone. So let me try another tact and point out how ridiculous and arbitrary it is for you to deem 499 as cool and 501 as nerdy. Seems to me you should just go with the flow and become one with your innner nerdness and just keep on linking.

By: Mike Dover

Mike Dover — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:29:17 +0000

Update:

Well, I’m over 500…how could I say no to such a request?

I’ll need to figure out who to drop.

Mike
I want to link with you and push someone off your LinkedIn list. I’m a big fan of Wikinomics and Wikinomics is a big fan of me (China Law Blog — http://www.chinalawblog.com). Let’s link as I am already past nerddom anyway and still climbing.

-Dan

By: Thusenth Dhavaloganathan

Thusenth Dhavaloganathan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:55:41 +0000

The length isn’t the only thing that’s unique about my name. If you search only my first name on Facebook or Google, you will discover that I’m the only Thusenth in the world.