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LinkedIn is perhaps the worst of the bunch though. I see people in "people you may know" that I've already tried to add but LinkedIn will show them to me becaus

LinkedIn is perhaps the worst of the bunch though. I see people in "people you may know" that I've already tried to add but LinkedIn will show them to me because I assume they're not the ones spamming if it happens due to me clicking a button. All for a blip in user engagement.

ljk 9y ago
definitely agree for linkedin. another thing about linkedin is that people lie on there all the time and exaggerate their accomplishment
taftster 9y ago
The thing is, with Facebook, we all knew it was mostly public information and that you'd be a dolt to reveal everything sensitive about yourself in your profile. Most people instinctively know to leave certain tidbits about themselves off of their FB profile. Whereas with LinkedIn, we are willing to give up much more sensitive and accurate profile data, such as all of our past employers, addresses, phone, email, birthdate, professional experience, headshot, school information, coworkers, etc. The initial content of a typical LinkedIn profile is much more rich than a starter FB profile. There is no need-to-know for Facebook to have as much "real" information about you as LinkedIn has. I feel that LinkedIn got in through the backdoor with the information most people have provided to it. Though Facebook undoubtedly has more of your day-to-day activities than LinkedIn, which might be more dangerous. I never personally got suckered into a Facebook profile, one of those (lucky) few that have continued to live on planet earth without a FB account. But LinkedIn is another story, I totally got swooped up in that one for sure.
- jacobwg 9y ago
  In my experience, people do not always "instinctively leave certain tidbits" off of Facebook - in fact, people often feel like Facebook is in many ways a private space. Like "it's just my friends," even though the friends and friends of friends circles are massive, not to mention privacy controls that make many things public by default. Also, FB prompts for things like employment history and educational history in the same way as LinkedIn, but goes further to ask for personal info, geographic history (where all have you lived), etc. Combine all this with the fact that there are so many FB users and many of them are children who wouldn't otherwise have a LinkedIn account (and are more comfortable with sharing personal info online). So, while I agree that LinkedIn is in the group of data collectors, I don't think they're quite on the scale of FB.
CalRobert 9y ago
Except Linkedin is boring, inane drivel from "thought leaders" so I'm not even tempted to have a look. At least FB has the occasional picture of someone I care about, or a political link (that inevitably agrees with my already-established view of things)
- dabockster 9y ago
  > inane drivel from "thought leaders" I think you mean "innovators". Even though 9/10 times they claim ownership on things they've contracted out on their parent's cash.

ljk 9y ago

definitely agree for linkedin. another thing about linkedin is that people lie on there all the time and exaggerate their accomplishment

taftster 9y ago

The thing is, with Facebook, we all knew it was mostly public information and that you'd be a dolt to reveal everything sensitive about yourself in your profile. Most people instinctively know to leave certain tidbits about themselves off of their FB profile. Whereas with LinkedIn, we are willing to give up much more sensitive and accurate profile data, such as all of our past employers, addresses, phone, email, birthdate, professional experience, headshot, school information, coworkers, etc. The initial content of a typical LinkedIn profile is much more rich than a starter FB profile. There is no need-to-know for Facebook to have as much "real" information about you as LinkedIn has. I feel that LinkedIn got in through the backdoor with the information most people have provided to it. Though Facebook undoubtedly has more of your day-to-day activities than LinkedIn, which might be more dangerous. I never personally got suckered into a Facebook profile, one of those (lucky) few that have continued to live on planet earth without a FB account. But LinkedIn is another story, I totally got swooped up in that one for sure.

jacobwg 9y ago
In my experience, people do not always "instinctively leave certain tidbits" off of Facebook - in fact, people often feel like Facebook is in many ways a private space. Like "it's just my friends," even though the friends and friends of friends circles are massive, not to mention privacy controls that make many things public by default. Also, FB prompts for things like employment history and educational history in the same way as LinkedIn, but goes further to ask for personal info, geographic history (where all have you lived), etc. Combine all this with the fact that there are so many FB users and many of them are children who wouldn't otherwise have a LinkedIn account (and are more comfortable with sharing personal info online). So, while I agree that LinkedIn is in the group of data collectors, I don't think they're quite on the scale of FB.

CalRobert 9y ago

Except Linkedin is boring, inane drivel from "thought leaders" so I'm not even tempted to have a look. At least FB has the occasional picture of someone I care about, or a political link (that inevitably agrees with my already-established view of things)

dabockster 9y ago
> inane drivel from "thought leaders" I think you mean "innovators". Even though 9/10 times they claim ownership on things they've contracted out on their parent's cash.