It appears that Facebook is reading private messages - and banning people if they don't like the content. While the terms and conditions may basically allow Facebook to do this, the question is, should Facebook be reading your private messages and looking at your private photos?

Earlier this week, James Amato, a friend of mine, discovered his Facebook account had been disabled.  At first, I thought that it was no big deal, but the more I think about it, the more concerned I have become that Facebook may have their employees reviewing private conversations and content -- and then using that to disable accounts. While that may be inside the bounds of Facebook's terms of use, it may be out of bounds of their user's expectations, just like last year's Beacon Debacle.

Well, actually NO. But that doesn’t mean YOU are obligated to work with THEM…this is a Question for YOU, and YOU alone.

Here’s the bottom line: Do you want to be a Trusted Advisor or a Vendor? Would you prefer a relationship based upon Collaboration with Mutual Trust or a Competitive ‘old school’ mentality where someone’s gonna win and someone’s gonna lose…

Unless someone has recently been appointed ‘Recruiting Czar ala the Federal Government, and subsequently mandated to working with any/all customers. That is, if you wish to continue to receive a handout, err…uhh, stimulus package disbursement/funds. But I digress…

Linking Indiana is more than just this website and our newsletter. We also have created several professional groups on LinkedIn to help local professionals find one another.  In the past few weeks, one of our groups, Indiana IT Pros has taken off with a surge in new members, increased participation in group discussions and job postings.