LinkedIn To Acquire Bright.com

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I've been debating about whether to close my LinkedIn account.

In the nearly seven years I've had an account I've had two interesting contacts, both within the last year. Maybe this acquisition is part of a notion to change that?

Aside from a personal blog / GitHub are there any respectable places to maintain a simple, professional-focused presence online?

Well, LinkedIn is not just targeting the techies. Recruiters use it for hunting talents in other areas too where they obviously cannot publish much on Github . And making a professional web site to market themselves is probably a little too much for their already busy life.

Already tossed LinkedIn, never looked back. Two contacts over the last year isn't even close to worth it. Plus, all I've gotten is recruiters and invites from some guy I met on Craigslist years back.

Licensed in for viability, good value to last round ($100M pre),majority stock deal, good execution before inflection point on this one for LinkedIn.

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