Propeller Admin Commentary

Karina: The blogger approached happens to be Tom Biro, who is also a Netscape Navigator. Here's what Tom has to say about the offer:

Karina: What was your initial response when you received the email?

Tom: I was actually really surprised when I got the email. I use LinkedIn primarily for business purposes, and find it to be one of the better - if not the best - social networking site to use on a regular basis and actually get a lot of things done. But it all checked out when I looked where the mail came from, so then I was just kinda impressed by it.

Karina: Why do you think producers of this kind of reality/mating show would look for contestants on LinkedIn, rather than a social networking site where users tend to express more about their lifestyle and/or personality?

Tom: Based on the comments in the email, I think they chose LinkedIn purely for professional background. Presumably they are vetting people on a number of different things, and perhaps they chose to use a number of these sites, including LinkedIn, in order to see what kind of cross-section they could get without doing a ton of legwork beforehand.

Karina: How have you responded to the inquiry?

Tom: I haven't responded as of yet, but I do plan on responding and politefully declining. I'm in an awesome relationship, and I think that going on The Bachelor would be kind of counterproductive for that, frankly. And yes, pretty much everyone has told me I have to do it - but I'm still not going to.

2006-09-16 17:31:51