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Scott Berkun's avatar

> It's been interesting to see how personal Americans have gotten on

> LinkedIn these last 6 months. It seems absolutely acceptable now

> to tell people you’re not feeling so great after all.

I barely used LinkedIn until my latest book came out in September. Like you I was surprised by how much more like Twitter it seemed than before. And that has been my guess: as many folks left Twitter, LinkedIn absorbed more of the personal sharing than before.

> One of the first things I learned when I moved to the US is

> that when someone asks "How are you?", don't actually tell them.

I was born here and I've always found this strange too. In NYC, where I'm from, we'd greet people by saying "Was up?" but it was not something you're actually supposed to answer. So why not just say Hi or Hello? :) Culture is so strange and fascinating.

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Eva Petersen's avatar

Yes! I see the Twitter resemblance now! Strange and fascinating indeed :)

I'm reading your new book at the moment. Thank you for publishing it.

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Scott Berkun's avatar

Thanks for giving the book a try. Don't thank me unless you think it's any good :) There is so much good writing out there.

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Eva Petersen's avatar

I’m halfway and so far it’s good. Unless something goes terribly wrong with the second half, I’ll stick to my initial judgement - it’s good :)

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Scott Berkun's avatar

Maybe you should give up now? Why risk the second half? LOL

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