Linkedin Forward RequestI’ve been using Linkedin for bout 5 years now. I can remember when it was first launched and I had to spam people to get them to add themselves to the site. Now its pretty common to find people in Linkedin. The biggest problem with Linkedin is its business model of charging people to have broader access to the network. A great example of Linkedin stupidity is the forward function. This is when one of your friends wants to contact another but you have to be the human mail router. This sounds like someone’s idea of a joke but Linkedin actually thinks this is a good idea. I may quit Linkedin purely for this reason…

The new kid looking at the Linkedin cheese is definitely Facebook. In Facebook the connecting with people is just the beginning and in most cases it doesn’t require any of the stupidity that Linkedin requires. To avoid spam Facebook has made some serious investments in spam prevention and it works great. I’m expecting more and more people to be found in Facebook and if Linkedin continues this stupidity it will be irrelevant…

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