>> How is getting vouched from your colleagues/friends different from Linkedin recommend feature A linked in recommendation is a general recommendation. You a

>> How is getting vouched from your colleagues/friends different from Linkedin recommend feature A linked in recommendation is a general recommendation. You are either recommended or not. Vouched is based on specific skills. You may be a great C# developer, but your javascript sucks. >> your rank will depend on the number of vouches(?) that you get. No. The algorithm is two sided. The first part is pretty much Aggregated PageRank. So a single recommendation from a heavily recommended user can be more valuable than 50 recommendations from sparsely recommended users. Aggregated by all skills in the Job. The second part is a multiplier based on the length of the chain of trust to the recruiter. I trust the vouches people I vouched for made, more than the vouches people they vouched for made. Me -> Alex -> Tom = Tom gets 80% of aggregate rank points. Me -> Alex -> Tom -> Jerry = Jerry gets 64% of of aggregate rank points. >> leverage of any of the social graphs that the user already has You can import all of your contacts from the 3 major social networks + the 3 major email providers + github.