Is Eliyon invasive? (Re: [LINK] 'eBusiness Slowing Down b/c of security, privacy')

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Ann Moffatt wrote:

>i agree with tim.
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>of course everyone looks up themselves. (well don't they? i bet adam does :-)   ) sorry adam!!
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>my entries are v odd.
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>under the 'technology solutions' reference they have 'females in information technology' information plus a link to a company in the usa called technology solutions that wasn't anything to do with my company so to that extent the links are v misleading & naive.
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>under the "unsw' link they have 'acs foundation' information, its also interesting that they there give me a phd which i haven't got and yet as a 'company' link they say there is no information on unsw!!!
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I, also, found the references more funny than anything else ... compare 
the front-page hype:
"a business search engine that maps >>all of the available corporate and 
human capital information<< on the Internet to deliver in-depth profiles 
on 24 million business people and 2 million companies." (My emphasis)

Well; the profile is from an employer which no longer employs me, the 
Website isn't the right one and is stagnant, "all the available 
information"? - kidding, right?

It's the old game of "social coercion" dressed up as social networking. 
If you want the profile to be correct, you've got to "play the game" - 
sign on, join up, agree to the terms and conditions, succumb to the peer 
pressure of people sending you e-mails saying "but if you join, you can 
correct the profile", and so on.

I know I'm going to get kicked for this: but social networking sites are 
essentially juvenile in their conception and application. Regardless of 
the aim, the outcome is to form a peer group which plays on "fear of 
exclusion" - "If I don't join I'll be on the outside, I might miss out 
on something!"

Well, I guess I won't get any head-hunters phoning me to offer me jobs 
based on my Eliyon profile...

RC