Linked In v. Facebook - Valleywag Comments

Linked In v. Facebook

banasko — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:55:51 PDT

All it will take for Facebook to surpass Linkedin in the business networking world is the right application.

We think Kuhnektid is that application.

banasko

Linked In v. Facebook

DaveMcClure500Hats — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:09:33 PDT

are u kidding?

LinkedIn is for business.
Facebook is for personal.

NFW is Facebook worried about LinkedIn, nor are they really even in competition... ok, so maybe LinkedIn is worried Facebook might creep into their higher-end / older market eventually, and perhaps LinkedIn aspires to get younger & hipper, but seriously now. if there is overlap, more likely the person has profiles on BOTH systems.

Matt Cohler left LinkedIn with Reid Hoffman's blessing (& previous investment) to join Facebook. I'm sure Reid would have loved to have had Matt stick around, but he also knew Facebook was a big story that was getting bigger. Still, Reid's also proved that LinkedIn has become successful in its own right.

Facebook may have an extra digit on LinkedIn when the eventual tale of the tape is told, but they'll BOTH be quite fat & happy regardless.

now let's all raise a glass to the PayPal Mafia, and hope that when they completely rule the entire world they'll piss gently & regularly on the rest of us mere mortals...

DaveMcClure500Hats

Linked In v. Facebook

jope — Tue, 08 May 2007 13:49:22 PDT

There is also of course the small matter of the rest of the world outside the US, where I'd say LikedIn is more popular among professionals than Facebook...

I have 124 connections on LinkedIn, and have received only a couple of invites to facebook through a nephew with friends in the US. I'm sure my experience is not unique in Europe...

jope

Linked In v. Facebook

Trackback — Tue, 08 May 2007 10:56:01 PDT

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Linked In v. Facebook

Imakenothing — Tue, 08 May 2007 09:34:13 PDT

CC 4tw!

Imakenothing

Linked In v. Facebook

reversewag — Tue, 08 May 2007 09:01:11 PDT

It makes total sense to me. For valleywag, professional connections and work *is* photosharing. So, facebook is a much better application than Linkedin. Linkedin would be used -- say -- for reference checking, or finding an expert on a subject, or even soliciting some opinions from people who would back their comments up with their names and reputations. Valleywag prefers a list of who's a friend now, and perhaps some pretty pictures. Makes sense to. Go team!

reversewag

Linked In v. Facebook

ChiefCynic — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:37:26 PDT

you should mocked anyway. just for the hell of it.

ChiefCynic

Linked In v. Facebook

brittag — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:26:51 PDT

that graph contains precisely zero molecules of information.

brittag

Linked In v. Facebook

ken_gq — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:39:03 PDT

i agree that facebook has presented a nice value prop for the professional community. i was pleasantly surprised with facebook after first trying to see what the fuss was about myspace (still don't get myspace).

fyi: reid hoffman, chairman and former ceo of linkedin, sits on the facebook board.

ken_gq

Linked In v. Facebook

natroxyl — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:44:04 PDT

You may have missed the point of LinkedIn here; I know many people I work with have. I don't invite just anybody to connect in LinkedIn, I only invite people I think are really good at what they do and that I would want to work with again. Likewise, I don't accept invitations on LinkedIn from just anybody. Being connected to someone on LinkedIn is an implicit endorsement: I take it as saying you'd recommend hiring the target.

On the other hand, for social networks like Facebook, MySpace, or 360, I'll invite just about anybody I know, or accept invitations from just about anybody. There are people I like to spend time with that I would not work with.

If there are other people that feel similarly, you may be receiving fewer invitations on LinkedIn than you do on purely social networks because you may not be as good at what you're doing as you think, or because your friends have not worked with you and don't feel comfortable recommending you for a job. These are both reasons why I ignore LinkedIn invitations, and why I limit who I invite to connect there.

natroxyl

Linked In v. Facebook

ImJasonH — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:28:35 PDT

It almost makes sense for Facebook to buy LinkedIn. People using Facebook aren't just college students, they're job hunters, and a good portion of anyone's professional network is comprised of old college buddies anyway, so it fits. Also, as you mentioned, a lot of LinkedIn users are Facebook users too, and nobody likes to keep two separate profiles.

It would also be a good move on Facebook's part to sort of show to the world that it's not kidding around. No, they don't want to be bought by Yahoo or Google or Viacom or anyone else -- they want to be a player on their level. How better to show them they mean business than by switching from seller to buyer.

Of course, given the way Facebook's been doing things (implementing their own features instead of buying other peoples', it's possible Facebook is already working on a Facebook Jobs or something similar that mimics what LinkedIn does already.

ImJasonH