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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by sdoering on Thursday August 29, 2013 @03:03AM (#6294635)
But how do they differentiate between the two. How do they know, that endorsement a is less worth, than say endorsement b?

And how to be sure about the differentiation?

Bit I have to say I'm biased: I really do not give much on these sites. I tried LinkedIn years ago, but nearly no one used it here in Germany. I used to use the local equivalent, but it really was a big waste of time, at least for me and all the people I know who used it.

Recruiter spam, self-exposers, and so on. Nothing ever came from it. Really nothing.

So these sites ultimately live of the dreams of people and of recruiters with the (imho) wrong incentives.

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Re:Why am I being endorsed for skills and expertise I do not... by eru on Thursday August 29, 2013 @05:32AM (#6295000)
> But how do they differentiate between the two. How do they know, that endorsement a is less worth, than say endorsement b?

E.g. they know _when_ a user endorsed, and if they endorsed all four or individually. And they know more about the user--ie how often he endorses, and who he's connected to.

And, yes, I agree with your low opinion of linkedIn and co. (Even though a close friend of mine actually got a job with the MathWorks in Germany through linkedIn---she was cold-emailled by an internal MathWorks recruiter.)

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