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LinkedIn was and is mega-creepy. They still prompt me to "discover my network" by giving them my Gmail username and password. Based on the comments here, it see
by AlexandrB 6y ago
LinkedIn was and is mega-creepy. They still prompt me to "discover my network" by giving them my Gmail username and password. Based on the comments here, it seems that everyone has at this point accepted LinkedIn's creepy business practices and now we're just arguing about its relative utility. Great.
- jlokier 6y agoI don't think everyone has accepted to the point of giving LI their email password. I certainly haven't. Personally I think LinkedIn has some utility for me that I haven't found elsewhere yet. I was very skeptical when I joined it, and didn't really update or use it for at least 10 years. But more recently I've realised it fills a useful niche that is not well provided for by other services to my knowledge.