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Tech: CNN tries to pass off social networking defriending as news

  • She sent an e-mail saying, ‘I only connect with people I know, and hopefully our paths will cross one day,’ I read that, and I said, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve been rejected.’
  • LinkedIn user Elaine Fogel • Describing the emotional roller coaster she went through after a smart 40-something woman declined the chance to connect with THE STAR, THE LEGEND, ELAINE FOGEL!!!!!!!!! Fogel has 500 connections on LinkedIn, and to make up for that, we’re going to connect with her. It’s a bit of stunt-casting, we know, but we feel that we could easily be just as good of a business colleague to Ms. Fogel as that unnamed woman. And considering the emotional response defriending causes, it might make her feel better. I know it would make us feel better. • source

Posted by Ernie Smith • Permalink


 
  • elainefogel

    Hi, Ernie. What the reporter didn’t include in the article is that I blogged about this experience on my MarketingProfs Daily Fix post — tongue-in-cheek. http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2009/08/help_i_have_s…. It was never intended to be anything but humorous and to engage in conversation about the topic. The 45-minute telephone interview only captured a brief sentence in the final article.

  • http://shortformblog.com shortformblog

    We were also being cheeky, Elaine. Trust us. CNN played your plight totally straight, and we couldn’t help but be amused by it. Sorry if it came off as something other than goofy fun.

  • elainefogel

    Hi, Ernie. What the reporter didn’t include in the article is that I blogged about this experience on my MarketingProfs Daily Fix post — tongue-in-cheek. http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2009/08/help_i_have_s…. It was never intended to be anything but humorous and to engage in conversation about the topic. The 45-minute telephone interview only captured a brief sentence in the final article.

  • http://shortformblog.com shortformblog

    We were also being cheeky, Elaine. Trust us. CNN played your plight totally straight, and we couldn’t help but be amused by it. Sorry if it came off as something other than goofy fun.

 

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