Comments on: LinkedIn CEO: There Will Be No Hamburger Slinging Here! http://www.centernetworks.com/linkedin-open-platform-dan-nye-interview Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: D Ashcart http://www.centernetworks.com/linkedin-open-platform-dan-nye-interview/comment-page-#comment-13498 D Ashcart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-13498 Allen - as far as I can tell the exodus of LinkedIn members to Facebook is exaggerated, probably because those who make the move seem to be inclined to shout it out from the blogtops as a means of rationalizing their action. I am a vanilla-bespectacled-silicon-valley-techie-entrepreneur registered on both sites. I check on Facebook once in a while primarily as a break from <em>real work</em>, glance at my home page, click on a couple of feed stories, yawn, scratch my ass, and shuffle off. I used LinkedIn heavily to get my startup funded, and continue to use it for <strong>constructive</strong> purposes such as finding employees, connecting to pootential business partners, and fending off recruiters who want to be my friend. LinkedIn is my networking lubricant. Facebook is something else. To the extent that LinkedIn can open up and enrich my ability to get my work done more conveniently, I'm all for it. Nye's comments are a bit disingenuous since LinkedIn notifications force you to return to the site, but his gentle mockery does serve to direct attention away from the fact that LinkedIn was found flat-footed when Facebook announced their API. Allen – as far as I can tell the exodus of LinkedIn members to Facebook is exaggerated, probably because those who make the move seem to be inclined to shout it out from the blogtops as a means of rationalizing their action.

I am a vanilla-bespectacled-silicon-valley-techie-entrepreneur registered on both sites. I check on Facebook once in a while primarily as a break from real work, glance at my home page, click on a couple of feed stories, yawn, scratch my ass, and shuffle off. I used LinkedIn heavily to get my startup funded, and continue to use it for constructive purposes such as finding employees, connecting to pootential business partners, and fending off recruiters who want to be my friend.

LinkedIn is my networking lubricant. Facebook is something else.

To the extent that LinkedIn can open up and enrich my ability to get my work done more conveniently, I’m all for it. Nye’s comments are a bit disingenuous since LinkedIn notifications force you to return to the site, but his gentle mockery does serve to direct attention away from the fact that LinkedIn was found flat-footed when Facebook announced their API.

]]> By: Omar Ismail http://www.centernetworks.com/linkedin-open-platform-dan-nye-interview/comment-page-#comment-13723 Omar Ismail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-13723 I can understand where he's coming from when he talks about the "once a day" thing. Business people are busy, and if the site REQUIRES them to check multiple times a day, lest they fall behind that could be a turn off. For the foreseeable future I don't see Facebook supplanting LinkedIn as my professional networking service of choice. Facebook is nice for informal stuff, but if I want to get introduced to a product manager at Microsoft or Google, I'm going to use my LI network 100%. I can understand where he’s coming from when he talks about the “once a day” thing. Business people are busy, and if the site REQUIRES them to check multiple times a day, lest they fall behind that could be a turn off.

For the foreseeable future I don’t see Facebook supplanting LinkedIn as my professional networking service of choice. Facebook is nice for informal stuff, but if I want to get introduced to a product manager at Microsoft or Google, I’m going to use my LI network 100%.

]]> By: centernetworks http://www.centernetworks.com/linkedin-open-platform-dan-nye-interview/comment-page-#comment-13991 centernetworks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-13991 <p> Good point Omar about "required" vs. "voluntary". Thing is that out of SV is all facebook, all the time - outside of SV, LinkedIn appears to still be the networking tool of choice. </p> Good point Omar about "required" vs. "voluntary". Thing is that out of SV is all facebook, all the time – outside of SV, LinkedIn appears to still be the networking tool of choice.

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