I'm wondering what's the easiest way to connect to someone I've met at a conference when I get back to my office and want to use LinkedIn? Some folk seem to use Facebook, but I'm a recruiter and LinkedIn is my favorite. Tips? Suggestions?...

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I have been inspired by some of the evening meetings I've attended, both those that are 'meetups' and those that are more informal. I want to host one of my own but don't know how to start. Can you give me some tips to get started, Dave?...

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I've been getting the hang of LinkedIn as a more professional alternative to Facebook and am a bit baffled: is there some sort of best practice to quickly evaluate a potential link when I don't recognize their name?...

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I've just started really getting into Facebook and want to grow my circle of online friends there. From talking with other people, it's definitely a site that's more fun with lots of friends. But how do I find them short of spamming everyone I know with an invitation?...

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Hi Dave! A while back you wrote an article about how to unfriend someone on Facebook (see How to remove a Facebook friend connection), which is useful, but Facebook's changed. Can you update your instructions for the new Facebook interface?...

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I've been on LinkedIn for quite a while but only recently jumped into Facebook and, wow, Facebook has so many cool capabilities that make it more interesting! The one that really stands out, though, is that I really want to connect my weblog to my LinkedIn account. Is there ANY way to do that, Dave?...

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Stupid MySpace and its stupid applications, I now am drowning in invitations to sign up for goofy applications that are supposed to make my experience in MySpace better. Duh, it's about my friends, not these apps. How do I stop these MySpace applications from taking over my experience there?...

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I want to start getting into the habit of inviting people I meet at conferences to join me on Facebook. Is there an easy way to do that?...

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Now that I have built up a pretty good network on LinkedIn, I would like to send out a few quick questions now and then, soliciting feedback and input from the group. How do I do that on LinkedIn?...

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I am a member of a bunch of groups on Facebook that I don't really care about any more, but I keep getting bulletins and updates in my inbox. What's the easiest way to unsubscribe from them?...

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Hey, Dave! Is there any way to find people that twitter in a local area - like your buds in Colorado? I'd love to find someone to have coffee with occasionally here in Key West....

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I got a MySpace invitation that included a comment from the person inviting me to be friends with them and it's very cool. Very Facebook-esque. How the heck did they do that?...

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You've heard about MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook and Digg, but are you involved with Twitter? uStream? Is your podcast in the iTunes Store directory? Are you running out of ideas for your blog or perhaps haven't even started it yet? Do you know how to ensure that your business site always ranks at the top of the search engines? Now, the big question: do you need to do this for your business to be more successful...

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I read your article about how to create a nice MySpace "add me" button on my Web site and am wondering, is it possible to create those buttons, but for Message Me and Block Me?...

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Some of my friends on Facebook have tweaked things so that they can have their Facebook status automatically updated when they send out a new Tweet on Twitter. How the heck do they do that?...

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I'm continuing to dive into the world of Twitter and am a bit baffled by one thing: is there some way that I can see all replies to my messages rather than just those from people I'm following? How about even seeing the replies from the people I follow that they send to other people? Don't know if it's normal, but I follow only a fraction of the people that are following me on Twitter....

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I have a nice external URL for my friends who want to find me and hopefully connect in MySpace and LinkedIn, but Facebook seems like a world unto itself. Is there some sort of URL I can use to get the same result in Facebook?...

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How do i send an event invite on MySpace, with a normal MySpace account?...

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Not to sound like I'm becoming antisocial, but a woman who's on my friends list on Facebook turns out to be quite the kind of person I don't like to associate with. Can't say more than that, but I need to "defriend" her (unfriend her?) How do I do that??...

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