As reported on Mashable, web security software provider ScanSafe has completed research that shows a 20% increase in the number of companies blocking social networking sites over the past 6 months.
Having worked with some social network addicts who use their web-enabled phones at work so that they can do their work and constantly update their accounts simultaneously. (As this was while I was working in the hedge fund industry I feel bad for the accounts they were managing).
If this trend continues will the be problematic for social networking and online community marketers, especially those like Linkedin that are targeted towards professionals?