{"id":8330,"date":"2013-11-28T04:42:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T04:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/11\/28\/on-linked-in-invitations\/"},"modified":"2013-11-28T04:42:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T04:42:38","slug":"on-linked-in-invitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/11\/28\/on-linked-in-invitations\/","title":{"rendered":"On Linked-In Invitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">Due to the various Linked-In scams, my policy has been to ignore all invitations.&#0160; I received one that appeared to be from a man I know, but when I contacted him, he said he hadn&#39;t sent it.&#0160; The ways of the scammers are as multifarious as they are devious, so to save time I delete first and ask questions later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">What may appear to be rudeness is really just caution.&#0160; 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