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- inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+91$53 isn't very much. That's like half a tank of gas.
- CrimsonBlur, on 06/19/2008, -1/+78The title makes no goddamn sense. Please proofread before you post!
- qster, on 06/19/2008, -0/+23"LinkedIn Gets $53 Million Infusion"
- inactive, on 06/19/2008, -2/+22I like to think it goes something like:
"Hey, you're worth a billion bucks! Right now I've only got.. hm... fifty-three dollars and... some breath mints. GO NUTS!" - yourpalchris, on 06/18/2008, -9/+281999 deja vu all over again. Plus, LinkedIn is honestly pretty boring and not super user-friendly.
- mickaloha, on 06/19/2008, -3/+21I'll give it $100 for 20% stake in the company.
- kenvsryu, on 06/19/2008, -3/+19I've never gotten laid thru linkedin, valuation = 0 chix.
- whoreable, on 06/19/2008, -0/+16Linkedin - Post pictures and news updates pertaining to your job and career
Facebook - Post pictures and stories of how drunk you were last weekend and where you will be getting drunk this coming weekend.
Ya gotta keep em separated! - wassim2k, on 06/19/2008, -3/+12These F'd-up titles have to stop. Then again, people keep digging them up so the sorry excuses keep reaching the front page. There should be a way to send a message to these submitters through their profiles, since most cowards leave their shouts private. Marked as INNACURATE.
- drifter, on 06/19/2008, -0/+7You are joking right? Bill Gates is on a level not many can touch. Especially not a weird kid who is out to keep all your information and most likely eventually sell it.
Also Zuckerberg would be nothing if it wasn't for Bill Gates...Microsoft over estimated Facebook's price. - TheFounder, on 06/19/2008, -0/+7Linkedin is sort of weird in the social area... because for the fact that it's used mostly by business professionals rather than facebook college kids or myspace teens...
- gwinerreniwg, on 06/19/2008, -0/+6(except LinkedIn)
- holyreality, on 06/19/2008, -1/+6very misleading title....should read $53 MILLION.
- chrispix, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4It is a networking site for professionals. Typically co-workers, vendors, clients, etc. You are linked 3 levels deep. So if you know someone who knows someone who knows me. Then you can 'find' me by where I work/have worked, ask for assistance submitting a resume/proposal etc. Helps get your foot in the door. They also have linkedin exclusive jobs posted.
- DangerCollie, on 06/19/2008, -2/+6I recruit programmers for my projects and you'll never find the good ones on LinkedIn or any other social media site. There's no substitute for going out and finding them. Technical conferences, user groups, training seminars. Get out there and interact in Meatspace 2.0. The good news these days is it's easy to pirate top talent. Flexible working schedules, work at home days, free soda machines, a foosball table and game room...those are all perks that make it easy to snag talent from the cubicle companies.
LinkedIn. Puh. Dice. Puh. HotJobs or Craigslist...forgetaboutit. - mediaspree, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Ok so every week or so, someone from my past requests me to be LinkedIn to them. I accept the offer. I go to the site to check out whats new/going on... and immediately leave. I work in IT/web development. Where is the value? What am I missing?
Wait, I know its the new web 2.0 resume builder!
???
Profit! - so1980, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4you should have put in a ridiculous typo...
- jcaino, on 06/19/2008, -1/+4My buddy got laid through Facebook. True Story.
- Rocketbird, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3The next Bill Gates in the making? So what, he's like, two steps away?
- Dotnetsky, on 06/19/2008, -2/+5All this social whatever is just a buncha mental masturbation anyway. Face time is what really gets you a job.
- anagoge, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3That's business for you.
- maskedm564, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3And in a few days it will be less than half.
- DaHuuuuuudge, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3So you have a smaller tank...why is that brag worthy?
- inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Sounds pretty cool
- pegisys, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3shouldn't drive a SUV. $53 for me is a full tank and then some, and I drive a Taurus
- qwonkerjawed, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2i feel your pain. digg is a cruel mistress.
- johnpaul191, on 06/20/2008, -0/+2The "value" of these sites is based on possible future growth, combined with something unique they bring to the table. LinkedIn must be seen to have a lot of potential. Remember that part of this is the ability of salespeople to pitch the site. Myspace has obvious value of banner ads that would pertain to many of the users (movies, music whatever).
LinkedIn has profile info that myspace doesn't, and that way they can direct the ads in a very specific way. The same way myspace knows if you are single or not, LinkedIn knows your field of work in a pretty specific way. It's full of working individuals more than highschool or college students. Some of those people have a lot of income, and frankly a lot of people with high paying jobs would be more likely to use LinkedIn than Myspace. LinkedIn is also full of people that change jobs (either freelance or project based), so they are more likely to consider relocating, or take extended trips between projects. That's different than the quick purchase consumer ads of Myspace/Facebook. - chrispix, on 06/19/2008, -1/+3I never thought for one minute that linked in was not supposed to be boring. I thought it was for professional networking. As far as user friendly, they could improve on some aspects of it, like the management of your level 1 contacts. Quite frankly, I use both. But linked in is used for getting a contact at a company, or a job. Myspace/Facebook is used for catching up with old college drinking buddies.
- bigteebo, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2I'm hunting for a job, so a quick linkedin search makes for a nice background check to see if they are real. Sure, anybody can make a linkedin account, but it's a little hard to fake those connections.
- inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2I've never even heard of linkedin. Is it a facebook clone?
- inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2That's only 13 gallons. There are plenty of vehicles that hold 25-26.
- tidu, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2pfft tht's what they said about Tom
- StigNordas, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2“You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.” - Mary Manin Morrissey
If LinkedIn can get that kind of valuation, then let 'em work their asses off to make it happen. I recall my disbelief at MySpace's valuation only to be proven wrong.
You couldn't ask for a more massive affluent user base than LinkedIn. Mana for advertisers. - nitroburn, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2So this is why suddenly I'm getting a ton more linkedin requests?
- dgtljunglist, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Are you on crack?
- afx1, on 06/19/2008, -2/+3They deserve at least a million times that much
- inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Go ahead and buy me one of these magical Taurii then. When you make the payments for me I'll jump on board with you.
Otherwise, get off your high-horse. - Rikkochet, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1It takes me less time to report and block you than it does for you to create a new account and spam your blather.
The question is.. Are you onetimer creating dupe accounts hoping that reverse psychology will result in people friending him, or are you some crazy ***** that didn't like an inflammatory comment he made? - symbiot, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1death threats are over the line
- titlesaysitall, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I take it your ass houses many painful objects?
- judicar, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1- The Internet bubble of 2000
- The housing market bubble of 2005
- The social networking bubble of 2008?
You know the problem with bubbles is that they eventually pop :( - inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1WHY SO MUCH??
There is a reason.
This group of people have been divided into what they do for work, business, and location.
There is a HUGE market, ( not for Ads that no one really looks at anyway) but for recruiters (who would pay for alot for this information) as well as work related products that people will look at.
Facebook and Myspace are for socializing (social sites)... Linked is for business leads... nothing more profitable than that. - Dwebtron, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1... and Colbert entered the conversation where? I'm not saying TDS is any better then TCR. I'm simply claiming that Jon Stewart is quite intelligent and quite the epic comedian. As for your question. Yes. I do believe you formulate opinions out of thin air; I have no reason to believe otherwise. Sure it seems like everybody agrees with Jon Stewart. Does that mean there's a mass digg viral marketing campaign for it? Maybe, but probably not. Especially considering how big TDS was in the first place before digg got as popular as it is now.
- r00fus, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1If you're happily employed and you're not using Linkedin, good for you.
It's a networking tool. I've used it to look for jobs, ask questions, and in a hiring capacity, for finding and reference-checking the people I hired and brought onto my team.
Consider the following scenario:
You are looking to move to a different region/country/company, but don't know anyone there. Linkedin, like Facebook/etc can help you find people there by looking at your contacts' contacts (up to 3 levels deep). This is especially good if the people you find are willing to help you get moved/hired (because they know of you through friends/colleages).
Where Linkedin shines is that it's not about fun. It's about networking. Period. So I don't have to worry about being spammed, as I'm always willing to link up with a colleague or hear a recruiter's pitch.
If you don't like networking fine, but you may need it at some point in your life. Better to get your profile and contacts set up before then so you don't have to rush to build it when you need it. Most of my "linkedin" offers came from colleagues who were leaving the company/team or from past friends/colleagues. - Rotzooi, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Look at the silly monkey!
- chrispix, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Maybe get a job, make some network connections and you can change that 0 to a 1 or 2.
- graphictype, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1LinkedIN? Rupert Murdoch (or his company in some way) is probably an investor. That's why its on the wall street news so it can attract more people.
- TreatsTheBear, on 06/19/2008, -1/+2Yeah, but if you read the article, you would know that that was only for a 0.0000053% stake in the company, so that makes the company automatically worth $1,000,000,000.00.
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