From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
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   > |"Your USE of linkedin coerces you.  That is your choice."            |   
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   > I choose to communicate with persons with whom I must   
   > communicate. They insist on using LinkedIn. I prefer non-LinkedIn   
   > media.   
      
   Then you're the proverbial "tail" and not the "dog".   
      
   If you are reliant on those interactions, then you have to   
   accept them on THEIR terms.   
      
   Years ago (decades), I disconnected my business phone.   
   Because people wanted to talk to me at times that *I* didn't   
   find reasonable.  They were faced with a choice:  cease   
   contact or adjust to my communication medium of choice   
   (email -- reply when convenient, document the conversation).   
      
   I had (obviously) made the decision that communicating with   
   them on THEIR terms was unacceptable, to me.   
      
   [I view the phone as a disruptive mechanism that exists   
   for the convenience of the *caller*.]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)