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The headline is misleading. What is happening is that LinkedIn is using user data for its own benefit only and blocking innovation. As a LinkedIn user I want ev
by gip 5y ago
The headline is misleading. What is happening is that LinkedIn is using user data for its own benefit only and blocking innovation. As a LinkedIn user I want everyone to have access to the data I'm sharing publicly through the service.
I can't wait for entrepreneurs to take on LinkedIn. There are a lot of opportunities there.
- mLuby 5y agoI'd rather entrepreneurs build on top of LinkedIn. There's so much untapped potential to build upon aggregated markets (of professionals, of jobs, of housing, of singles, of restaurants, etc) rather than building yet another aggregator. The existing aggregator cements its dominant position, can charge rent to connected apps, and attracts rather than repels killer apps. The main problem I see is fears that connected apps will siphon away the aggregator's data, and/or combine that data with external data; both are attempts to supplant the aggregator. Maybe this fear can be assuaged by technical or legal means.
- jb775 5y agoWhat do you do when you build an entire business on top of LinkedIn, then they decide to completely revoke your access? We need DE-centralization, so no-one in the world has this type of power over anyone.
- gip 5y agoTotally agree. About 10 years ago I was the first hire of a startup built partially on top of LinkedIn. A Monday we got a cease and desist letter. We had to immeditely stop using their API and had to start crawling the data instead. That almost killed us.
- altdataseller 5y agoWhat was this startup?