Pulse Joins the LinkedIn Family

Re:Pulse Joins the LinkedIn Family by bambax on Thursday April 11, 2013 @07:50PM (#5535653)

I shouldn't have mentioned Github! ;-) Twitter has nothing to do with tech folksiness. The two most prominent Twitter users are Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga.

It's good for them that LinkedIn is making money. But that revenue comes from recruiters, and is only possible if non-recruiters (ordinary folks) get some value out of the system. If normal people don't get any value out of LinkedIn, they will leave (or become dormant) and the revenue from recruiters will dry up. I'm just wondering what that value might be.

I already see many ghost profiles, people who haven't updated their profile in a while or who create a different profile every time they change companies.

I wouldn't bet the farm on LinkedIn. Although for 90M I would (since the farm is worth much less).

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Re:Pulse Joins the LinkedIn Family by MatthewPhillips on Thursday April 11, 2013 @09:57PM (#5536098)

But most people aren't going to be prominent on Twitter either, or be prominent anywhere. Most people aren't known. But they still need jobs. Think about someone who works in HR, isn't LinkedIn useful to them?

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