Re:LinkedIn quietly removes option to export contacts
by colinbartlett on Thursday July 23, 2015 @11:08PM
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LinkedIn was the first in a long line of social networks I deleted starting 4 years ago. Not sure how anyone gets value out of enough to justify.
Re:LinkedIn quietly removes option to export contacts
by Ntrails on Friday July 24, 2015 @05:13AM
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LinkedIn is not a social network. It's a site which holds my CV and then recruiters message me with Job Specs. I either like the spec or don't, and sometimes I get interviews from it.
I accept any friend request from recruiters/colleagues and beyond that never ever use the site.
My justification is I like getting job specs, and the cost is essentially nothing. Sure I hate that it's got a side panel asking me to connect with an old Wheel of Time fansite e-friend from Norway who was in my email contacts and I've not spoken to in some 15 years but it's hardly the end of the world.
Re:LinkedIn quietly removes option to export contacts
by dredmorbius on Friday July 24, 2015 @09:05PM
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"Social" in the sense of leveraging (exceptionally aggressively) the social graph and personal connections.
Less so in terms of content / context.
Re:LinkedIn quietly removes option to export contacts
by JimmaDaRustla on Friday July 24, 2015 @09:31AM
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It's funny you say "monetizing users". Immediately after reading that, I opened up linked in and I had a message in my inbox from IBM providing me a free trial to some software and it had a little "sponsored" tag on the inbox item.
Dear god this site is wretched.
- They also employed a MTM attack on your mobile "Intro App" https://threatpost.com/linkedin-intro-app-equivalent-to-man-...
- Have you noticed that the LI News feed is a high-noise collection of crap?
- and on and on
"Monetizing your users" is rapidly making that site useless for almost everyone.