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I’ve noticed an annoying trend over the past year regarding the social networking site LinkedIn.com.  I keep receiving emails from people I used to work with that are requesting recommendations.  I understand the value of recommendations, but what I fail to understand, is why people seem to ask for a recommendation without providing one first?  I’ll reciprocate in 90 - 95% but If I don’t I’ll be sure not to accept the recommendation.

In the spirit of good old fashioned Netiquette I’d like to offer up:

1. Do not ask for something you are not willing to do for someone else first
2. Without levels of “friends” only connect with people you really know.

On that second point, at least Facebook allows you to add your “friends” into different groups and Plaxo Pulse allows you to add contacts as business, friends of family.

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I have used the Diigo Social Bookmarking service since August of 2006.  For some reason, I have not promoted the service.  Why?  I have no idea because it is an excellent service and you should check it out.

In a nutshell, Diigo, allows you to bookmark web pages through a free service. If you are familiar with del.icio.us (or as it is now known - delicious.com)  it is similar in concept.  However, Diigo offers far more bells and whistles including:

• Markup of pages including public or private highlighting and comments
• More advanced social networking including groups, facilitation of new “friends”  and presence of “friends”
• Sharing bookmarks through groups, recommendations and even Twitter
• Well behaved and intuitive taskbar for adding & sharing information
• Ability to easily add and share bookmarks to your local bookmarks or another service like del.icio.us, Ma.gnolia or Simpy.

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