This is the tension that is LinkedIn. While they were growing, they allowed great amount of sharing. Now it seems they are transitioning from a growth based co

This is the tension that is LinkedIn. While they were growing, they allowed great amount of sharing. Now it seems they are transitioning from a growth based company to growing their revenue--I've personally been finding more and more examples of this increased friction. So far that tension seems to still be 'ok', they still give away, for free, most of the value is in their huge user database. Their monetization strategy has been to tighten things up so it's still valuable for most people, with the exception of sales and recruiters. If you are one of them, then to get the value of the database you need to pay. Given the network effects of their user database, I suspect over time what they give away will be less and less and we'll see more examples of this.