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Re:Supply and Demand Does a Poor Job of Explaining Depressed... by prolikewhoa on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:39PM (#16775328)
I don't think you read the article at all. This has nothing to do about LinkedIn or networking. You have to be seriously deluded to think that LinkedIn or any other social media company, as well as general networking is the way to defeat our massive levels of income inequality. You're essentially telling bootless people to pull up their bootstraps by making friends with executives and managers. It's not that simple, and condensing the problem into what you're talking about is ignorant at best.
Re:Supply and Demand Does a Poor Job of Explaining Depressed... by crabasa on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:51PM (#16775481)
I did read the article, but I see how the LinkedIn comment is causing you to think of white collar executives.

The fact is that informal forms of networking are how people of all cultures and income levels have always advanced their mutual interests. One of the most effective ways to combat modern poverty is to provide people with mobile devices that enable them to better communicate and build relationships over time.

I'd ask you to consider what a more people-oriented piece of software might look like that would be accessible to as many people as possible and enable very specific use case, such as "I'm looking for a new job" or "I'm willing to be a mentor" that currently get lost in the noise of all-purpose social media.

Re:Supply and Demand Does a Poor Job of Explaining Depressed... by cimmanom on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:01PM (#16775600)
Networking may help the individual get a better job (usually at the expense of someone else getting that job), but it doesn't fix anything about the larger problem, which is the failure of wages to keep up with the cost of living or respond to demand for labor.