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Seems interesting. I'm not a fan of LinkedIn, so this piques my curiosity. I am concerned about the "1:1 relationship" feature though. It seems core to the experience, but personally i'm not sure i will like it, and am hesitant to sign up as a result.

Why? I fear needing to ask meaningful questions, and / or respond with meaningful answers, as a public display of my networking power.

Eg, if i was asked a question about development, maybe with a tool i'm not too familiar with, i now have to go "on record" explaining what little i know about the tool, just to form a relationship i might want. Sure, that person may be most interested in that tool, but i'm sure i can fit "their needs" for many other aspects, just maybe not that one tool, and not at this time.

How permanent are these Q:A things? What if i learn said tool, do i re-answer? What if i want to revise any inaccuracies i post? From the description, this seems more important than a normal forum (eg: Stackoverflow).

I'm probably wrong on the concept, as i have only watched the video, but i figure even if i am wrong it might help explain confusions i took from the video.

Good question. And the video doesn't explain this well enough, but questions will only show on your profile if you answer. If you do not answer them they are not displayed publicly to anyone. That said, you can also hide previously asked/answered questions from your profile too. Do sign up and give it a chance. We're in beta and we're all ears for feedback.

Fizzbatter, what nikhil said above. The other thing to note is - the ASK feature is part of our early effort to increase "engagement". LI's problem is that it became about blindly "connecting" and zero engagement. And the more people you connected with, the less useful it became.

In the immediate future, we will be releasing and validating some ideas around professional "give-and-take” as we call it: i.e. stuff around crowd-sourcing for professional help, expertise, leads, etc. And also trying to get better at intelligence and targeting.

Do give it a chance, and give us your feedback.

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