We tweaked the copy a bit. Would love your suggestions on something better. Thanks for the constructive feedback!
Re:Stop Using LinkedIn
by siddharthdeswal on Friday February 13, 2015 @03:17PM
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What did you tweak? I'm not a technical person so don't understand why those specific use-cases are bad. If you want the majority of Linkedin users to care about the cause, you ought to put it in language that the vast, non-technical majority will understand.
Re:Stop Using LinkedIn
by brianzelip on Friday February 13, 2015 @04:01PM
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Another academic networking site for scientists is ResearchGate. http://www.researchgate.net/
ResearchGate as a replacement for LinkedIn, on account of LinkedIn's spammy tactics? I can only hope this was meant in jest; if so: well-played, friend, well-played indeed. ResearchGate has taken dark marketing into the realm of high art.
Making potentially baseless claims and not explaining their impact beyond "they're bad!" is the kind of rhetoric a middle schooler uses before he or she learns to write proper persuasive prose.
While I agree that data should be as freely available as possible--so long as the person to whom the data belongs approves--I really can't get on board with this histrionic garbage.
Make an assertion. Back it up with evidence. Explain the consequences.