This article is the epitome of technology blogging today: a poorly crafted opinion about a completely non-issue.
How much research went into this beyond simple opinion? I've found the LinkedIn "People You May Know" module to be fairly decent at finding people I actually know (but had not connected with), or people that I might have a likely connection to.
I'm not whiling away my day pouring over LinkedIn, either. I check every few days for new updates/info, and could care less about the fact that this module is where it is, etc.
The "People You May Know" module is hardly "the problem" with LinkedIn. It's an experiment that works better for some people than for others, based solely on the 2 data point study here (I like it, you don't).
One of the things I like about LinkedIn is that they have done a good job keeping it more "business" than "social" oriented. The last thing I want is for LI to become an attention-whoring "modulized" website like so many other "social" sites.
How much research went into this beyond simple opinion? I've found the LinkedIn "People You May Know" module to be fairly decent at finding people I actually know (but had not connected with), or people that I might have a likely connection to.
I'm not whiling away my day pouring over LinkedIn, either. I check every few days for new updates/info, and could care less about the fact that this module is where it is, etc.
The "People You May Know" module is hardly "the problem" with LinkedIn. It's an experiment that works better for some people than for others, based solely on the 2 data point study here (I like it, you don't).
One of the things I like about LinkedIn is that they have done a good job keeping it more "business" than "social" oriented. The last thing I want is for LI to become an attention-whoring "modulized" website like so many other "social" sites.