Are You in the 1 Percent? LinkedIn Congratulates Its Elite Members

LinkedIn has tapped into the inherent narcissism of social media communication for a very successful program notifying its elite members of their eliteness.

The social network this week began sending notifications to users whose profiles were among the top 1%, 5% and 10% most-viewed in 2012. If you're among the upper echelon, your message looked like this:

Of course, the LinkedIn message easily lent itself to boasting in social media. By Tuesday, Twitter was teeming with messages like the following:

Just got an email saying I had one of the top 5% most-viewed LinkedIn profiles of 2012. So I made the top 10 million? Woohoo! Thanks PR reps— David Goldman (@DavidGoldmanCNN)…
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