Talk:LinkedIn
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"LinkedIn participates in the EU Safe Harbor Privacy Framework and is certified to meet the strict privacy guidelines of the European Union." ... and a bit later it states you cannot remove your profile?? Isn't this a part of EU guidelines?
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[edit] This whole page reads like an advert.
Are we sure this is not written by LinkedIn?
- I have made some format changes and removed some of the adverty text. Hopefully it reads better now (and I can confirm I dont work for linkedin!) ChrisUK 17:16, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
I made some more changes today to remove a lot of what seemed like marketing material. Hopefully it looks a bit more neutral now.ChrisUK 13:37, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] List of social networking websites on AfD
List of social networking websites is currently an AfD candidate. You are invited to partake in this discussion. Czj 18:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Visualisation
This is a very interesting tool but I was surprised to see there is hardly any visualisation tool to show the underlined directed graph. I didn't even find a way to see the path that connect me to a specific indirect contact of mine. Did I miss something? does anyone knows what their future plans about it? thanksori
00:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Just saw they've added it. NiceOri 19:40, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Privacy concerns
Why is this merited? Is it on every social networking site? Every online community? Also, this is completely one-sided. If it's going to be in there at all, it needs to be balanced.
[edit] LinkedIn Deceptive
LinkedIn is deceptive. Visitors are urged to join LinkedIn and provide personal information. Only after spending time to set up their "accounts" do they find out that they cannot actually contact any other LinkedIn members without paying for premium membership. This is a sleazy practice when done without prior notification and should be revealed in the Main Article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.100.59.68 (talk) 06:44, 5 January 2007 (UTC).
- If you can cite a reliable source, then there is nothing against a criticism section. Without a source, it's original research and not allowed. —bbatsell ¿? 04:07, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
- That's not at all accurate. You do have to "connect" with people -- preferably people you know and trust -- in order to contact other LinkedIn members. But there is no limit on how many connections you can have. The typical person can easily find several hundred people they know who are already members (and they give you a tool to automate this). Once you've started identifying the relationships you already have, it's very easy to send introduction requests -- no, not directly, but through your trusted contacts. With just 100 connections, you should have visibility into 2 to 3 million people. The fact that you have to establish your existing relationships within the system in order to contact other people is kind of the whole point -- certainly not a deception. --24.27.11.88 18:14, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
