# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/61 "2013-03-11T01:18:44Z")
Ohmygodohmygodohmygod… It’s…it’s… Can I have your autograph? ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/62 "2013-03-11T01:29:17Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Ohmygodohmygodohmygod.. > > It’s…it’s… > > Can I have your autograph? Jeez, at least he could have used his signature. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/63 "2013-03-11T06:27:50Z")
I didn’t get the request 😕 Is this some kind of a members only thing? Is that why you guys pay? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/64 "2013-03-11T06:30:14Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > I didn’t get the request 😕 Is this some kind of a members only thing? Is that why you guys pay? Yes, we pay Ed to be our friend. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/65 "2013-03-11T13:47:14Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I thought Ed was your sock. Or maybe it was the other way around. We’re all Cecil’s sockpuppet, even if we don’t know it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/66 "2013-03-11T14:38:49Z")
I’m not the only one who sent Ed an invite just to be part of this clique, right? > [@RaftPeople](#): > > Ed Zotti endorses Justin\_Bailey for the skill of Message Board Poster This made me laugh out loud. Thank you. 😃 ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/67 "2013-03-11T15:00:53Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > I kissed him. > > On the mouth. > > Top THAT! This is true. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/68 "2013-03-11T15:27:43Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > I didn’t get the request 😕 Is this some kind of a members only thing? Is that why you guys pay? If only… Put me on the list of members who did not get an invite from the “Gormless Wienie.” I suppose I will … sniff, sniff… not be getting a card at Christmas either. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/69 "2013-03-11T19:16:24Z")
> **[LinkedIn is a Virus](https://a.wholelottanothing.org/2013/03/06/linkedin-is-a-virus/)** > > So today this happened: With three clicks, I (accidentally) asked 1138 people to connect on LinkedIn using their import feature. Goddammit, I hate you LinkedIn. — Matt Haughey (@mathowie) March 6, … ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/70 "2013-03-11T21:08:31Z")
So, is there any particular reason this thread got Threadspotted twice in a row? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/71 "2013-03-11T21:47:15Z")
Ed needs a job? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/72 "2013-03-11T22:37:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Ed needs a job? A better job, anyway. Would _you_ want to have Cecil for a boss? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/73 "2013-03-11T23:28:34Z")
Ed flubs on his LinkedIn account, then Cecil posts for the first time in three years solely to give him the smackdown. Guy can’t catch a break! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/74 "2013-03-11T23:33:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So, is there any particular reason this thread got Threadspotted twice in a row? _Somebody_ hit the wrong button. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/75 "2013-03-12T02:19:15Z")
Zotti once got out of checkmate. Even his accidents are are carefully coordinated. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/76 "2013-03-12T03:09:28Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I was beginning to think I was the only one. We can start a “spurned by Ed Zotti” club and whine about it in ATMB all the time as our consolation. Me to! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/77 "2013-03-12T15:11:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > So, is there any particular reason this thread got Threadspotted twice in a row? First Ed put it in for Threadspotting, then so did the guy sending out the LinkedIn invites on his behalf. ---
**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 12, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/78 "2013-03-12T15:14:44Z")
This morning I got an email “reminding” me of my Ed Zotti LinkdIn invitation. ---
**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 12, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/79 "2013-03-12T15:55:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > This morning I got an email “reminding” me of my Ed Zotti LinkdIn invitation. OH NOES! Does the delete function in your email system not work? Or just mark it as junk. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339/80 "2013-03-12T16:12:30Z")
> [@Cecil\_Adams](#): > > So, Ed Zotti wants to be my friend, eh? In your dreams, Ed. So my saying the name of the Perfect Master makes him appear? OMFG! I promise to only use my powers for good, not evil. hehhehheh [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-wants-to-be-my-friend-on-linkedin/652339.md?page=5)