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This article is more informative about why they are upset with LinkedIn: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/linkedin-api/ http://www.wired.com/2015/02/linkedin-api/
by nostromo 12y ago
This article is more informative about why they are upset with LinkedIn:
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/linkedin-api/ http://www.wired.com/2015/02/linkedin-api/
tl;dr: LinkedIn is pulling a Twitter.
I can't say I'm surprised. It's a common pattern: Step 1: plant a nice open garden that attracts lots of people. Step 2: put wall around garden.
- robbd7 12y agoThat's how I would play Roller Coaster Tycoon
- johnchristopher 12y agoThanks for the tldr; but what does `pulling a Twitter` mean ?
- slig 12y agoClosing down APIs once they're big enough to not care more about developers and early adopters.
- _Adam 12y agoHmm. Interesting if this decision was ultimately responsible for Twitter's declining traffic. Perhaps the same will happen to Linkedin? Of course even if it does we won't have evidence of causation, but it's something to keep in the back of our minds.
- logn 12y agoStep 3: stop watering the grass. Step 4: hope the walls are high enough.
- dikaiosune 12y agoNetflix did this recently too, IIRC.