It is difficult to get out of Microsoft (owners of Linkedin) how many active users there are. John Espirian reckons there are just under 800m “active” but 1.1 billion accounts. A lot (300m) of dead people, people on more than once and people who are on there but have no knowledge of it.
I found this because I’ve found the second active Henry Tapper and not only is he a first degree contact, but he’s coming to England in September and threatening to buy me a pint!
Henry Tapper the younger!
He’s clearly an extrovert and he looks a bit like my son. I think I’d like social media to bring us together and I’ve no plans to go to Denver Colorado!
It has been very unique being Henry Tapper nearly 64 years, I don’t have any Henry Tappers on Facebook to talk to and I don’t know any Henry Tapper’s alive (there was two ancestors in Dorset and they must have known each other as they both were connected with the town I was brought up in – Shaftesbury
I’ll make sure that Denver Henry is aware of the name’s proprietary!
It is a little discombobulating to have another Henry Tapper to answer to and will be more so if we do find a way to meet next month!
But what a remarkable thing it is that the only two active Henry Tappers out of 800,000,000 people active on Linked in, have come together – across continents, generations and it looks – education!
If anything comes of this, I’ll report!