# Ed Zotti Wants to be My Friend on LinkedIn? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 8, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339 "2013-03-08T01:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/21 "2013-03-08T12:18:14Z")
So I should just ignore that email about Ed wanting to transfer US$30million from Burkina Faso and needing my bank details? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/22 "2013-03-08T12:31:07Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It’s like Facebook or any other social network. You can give it permission to access your email … It is much more sneaky than Facebook in that the UI is expressly designed to “trick” users into allowing LinkedIn to extract and spam their entire contact list. The step that actually requests permission does not look like it is anything like what it actually does, it seems very innocuous. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/23 "2013-03-08T12:31:28Z")
Ed Zotti didn’t have the time to save my life in Nam. He saved Chuck Norris’s life and contracted out the job of saving everyone else’s life, including mine, to Norris. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/24 "2013-03-08T13:42:05Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > It is much more sneaky than Facebook in that the UI is expressly designed to “trick” users into allowing LinkedIn to extract and spam their entire contact list. > > The step that actually requests permission does not look like it is anything like what it actually does, it seems very innocuous. That’s true! It looks like a login screen- I’ve been almost tricked by it while working on autopilot and not rally paying attention, before realizing I was already logged on. Very sneaky, master is. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/25 "2013-03-08T14:16:06Z")
Ed Zotti shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/26 "2013-03-08T14:27:48Z")
That’s almost as creepy as the time **Giraffe** asked to be my Valentine. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/27 "2013-03-08T14:34:52Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > That’s almost as creepy as the time **Giraffe** asked to be my Valentine. Yeah,but at least **Giraffe** meant it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/28 "2013-03-08T14:41:41Z")
No, “Be my Valentine” is not the same as 'Want some candy …" How many times do I have to tell you these things? 😃 I kid, I kid. But … stranger danger, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/29 "2013-03-08T15:09:22Z")
You mean he invited all you guys? Bah! I thought I was special! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/30 "2013-03-08T15:16:31Z")
Wait, I thought “Ed Zotti” was just the\* nom de rédacteur \*of Cecil Adams? You telling me that’s a real person? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/31 "2013-03-08T15:20:23Z")
There are real people on LinkedIn? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/32 "2013-03-08T16:10:42Z")
I don’t always accept LinkedIn invitations. But when I do, I prefer they be from Ed Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/33 "2013-03-08T16:14:13Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > That’s almost as creepy as the time **Giraffe** asked to be my Valentine. You didn’t want to, that’s fine, but the least you could have done was help me get that couch all the way into my van. I was clearly struggling, what with my arm being in that cast and all. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/34 "2013-03-08T16:26:06Z")
So Ed’s polishing up the ol’ resume, huh? I don’t know why he’d ever want to leave the Reader, that Star of Siam thai restaurant downstairs is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/35 "2013-03-08T16:28:31Z")
I was just reminded that Ed and I did in fact exchange two emails – on August 9, 2007. He declined an … offer … I made, and I have been bereft and alone since. I must have blocked it out of my mind. Still, I never added him to my contact list, and while I’m flattered that he added me, he has inadvertently released the dogs of LinkdIn upon me. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/36 "2013-03-08T16:50:04Z")
I kissed him. On the mouth. Top THAT! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/37 "2013-03-08T16:58:49Z")
I was totally convinced for a good 10 minutes that Ed sent me a Linked In thing because he’s so impressed with my fabulous writing, editing, and moderating skills. Damn. I was all impressed with myself. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/38 "2013-03-08T17:17:30Z")
I got one too. I’m used to getting LinkedIn invites from people I know or that I’ve emailed, and I just ignore them. What I don’t get is the ones that come from people I’ve never ever heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/39 "2013-03-08T17:19:19Z")
Could this be an Ed Zotti computer virus? Ed Zotti malware? Did he let it slip there is a secret Zotti organization? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/40 "2013-03-08T17:19:52Z")
Now I’m hurt. I didn’t get one. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339.md?page=3)