LinkedIn, Stop Hiding People Behind Links

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The gist of the article is that linkedin isn't entertaining enough. And I think it misses the point of linkedin.

It's a professional network, not a playground.

Their customers (the paying ones..) don't care about tagwalls, feeds and whathaveyou. They care about serious business contacts. And the site caters to that pretty well. I'm not saying that it is perfect, just that it looks and feels boring because it isn't meant to be facebook.

Exactly. LinkedIn isn't going to do a killing this quarter because people want entertainment. They're going to do great because when you need a job, the first thing you're doing is updating your LinkedIn profile.

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