I get onto LinkedIn probably once a year.
That said, there are a lot of folks who look upon it as a "serious" alternative to all that crazy Facebook / Twitter / Google Plus social media stuff. Which is fine, as long as the only things you want to talk about won't be offensive to the Chinese government.
'Roger Pua, LinkedIn’s director of corporate communications in the Asia-Pacific region, told the Guardian that the company supports freedom of expression. But he added that “to create value for our members in China and around the world, we will need to implement the Chinese government’s restrictions on content.”'
Yes. To create value (jobs for folks in China, or folks who want to work in China), LinkedIn needs to not torque off the Chinese censors. Got it. Just what makes me want to use LinkedIn for, well, anything.
LinkedIn Censoring Posts About Tiananmen Square, Even Outside China | Moral Low Ground
LinkedIn is censoring posts about the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, even outside of China.
I have an account on it that hasn't been updated in ages. This gives me no reason to want to update it anytime soon.
Not sure why this is even an issue on a site that's suppose to merely exist to further one's career or profession. These companies are losing whatever scruples they had.
There appear to be a large number of professionals who use LinkedIn for a full-blown social medium for discussion of all sorts of things. Which doesn't seem right to me, but I'm not a LinkedIn guy.
+Dave Hill yeah. I don't go there to socialize but it looks and feels a lot like Facebook so maybe people forgot where they were ha ha
+Dominic Lacerenza No, LinkedIn sends a lot of emails suggesting that you should treat it like Facebook. I get a lot of "See what SO-AND-SO has been up to" and "Congrat SO-AND-SO on his promotion" stuff from them all the time.