There's another thread on the RRW write up on this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2415376 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2415376 -- I'm just going to

There's another thread on the RRW write up on this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2415376 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2415376 -- I'm just going to copypasta some of my comment from there (with a minor edit). "My knee-jerk reaction was 'LinkedIn -- ASSIMILATE! You don't need a platform too.' but there are areas where LinkedIn can still provide value. I like the concept of Facebook being your online profile so perhaps LinkedIn can be your professional online profile? That Recommend button, one of the things about LinkedIn recommendations is that they're rather exclusive -- if you get something recommended or receive a recommendation on LinkedIn, that's kind of a big deal it seems! But if you lower the barrier to entry by just allowing the users to...click a button...then doesn't that take away some of the exclusivity?" In a sense, I almost feel bad for LN but they're a pretty scrappy company I think. It's kind of like they've been trying to play catch-up since they launched -- they've been plagued with UX issues (still are, IMHO), they have a lot of stability problems, and it's only recently (read: last year, maybe two) that they've been able to overcome their chicken/egg problem. I don't frequent LN, but I find myself being drawn back to that site more and more.