LinkedIn sucks
I hate LinkedIn.
I hate the slimy businessy feel of the place, “…a tool for recruiters, job seekers, sales execs and other corporate drones”. I hate the fact that for the short time that I was a member I found that very few of the 300-odd contacts I developed in my “network” had titles that didn’t come out of a management handbook.
My real issue with LinkedIn however, was that aside from notching your virtual bedpost, you don’t actually do anything there. You exist for the solitary purpose of linking to someone else. That’s it, its just a big Outlook addressbook.
Now lets compare this to Facebook. I’m not a facebook user (well, ok, I just signed up — grudgingly — to see what all the fuss is about) but from the site tour it’s pretty clear I can actually do stuff. I can share photos (as I can and do within Flickr) and I can post messages and set my status (sorta like Twitter) and I can keep lists of friends (like LinkedIn) and groups (not so much like LinkedIn).
Most of all, it calls your friends “friends” and not “contacts”.
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