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Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by cinquemb »

swalsh wrote: post #595
pif wrote: post #112

I had been thinking recently about deleting my LinkedIn account. The question has just been settled.

It's a lot like dating. Today you can simply post a profile on a site/app, and algorithms can now match you. Your exposure is now hundreds or thousands of people (no matter your preferences). The happenstance of being in the right place at the right time is cut down so much, it's almost irrelevant. It's far more likely a great match will be on the 1 of 3 places single people go, within the last month. It makes better…

Personally, I never had any decent job offers from linkedin. Everything has been lukewarm or spammy at best. Angel list on the other hand, works way better for me, so if a gun were put to my head to choose between either and drop the other, I'd drop linkedin.

Linkedin seems kind of useful as far as signalling who/what types of people you are connected to if you don't add everyone at a whim when they request (like sub 250 connections), but I don't really know what that's worth to me or to others, and I don't think this a gun to the head moment.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by natmaster »

anguswithgusto wrote: post #608

Found the best summary of today's events so far... [0] "SEATTLE — In a last-ditch attempt to connect with consumers, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced on Monday that he had purchased LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in an all-cash deal. Founded in 2003, the social networking giant — which boasts more than 443 million professionals — makes it possible for users to “connect” with people they don’t like enough to add on F…

Geocities is 1998. If you want 2005 try digg.com

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by transpy »

dforrestwilson wrote: post #53
wastedhours wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More connections to enterprise, potential for some cloud HR play, a ready-established pseudo social network to compete with Facebook for Work (maybe as part of a Yammer, Office365, Skype for Business play), s t-tonne of user data, SlideShare...

I'm still confused. If someone is shopping for a job on LinkedIn, do they want their employer to know that? Isn't there some risk of trust violation? Why would I want to take my online resume and hand it out around work? I just don't get the synergy plays here. They all feel like a very expensive moonshot.

You turn off profile updates.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by kbenson »

I think it's telling of the times, my increased opinion of Microsoft, and my horrible impression of LinkedIn, that I expect this to result in better LinkedIn behavior than previously. Microsoft still has its own problems, but in my opinion they are far better than the skeezy feeling I get from LinkedIn's marketing and promotion to "linked" email accounts (that is, addresses they've associated to you and send notices that people are trying to contact you on).

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by SuperKlaus »

ElijahLynn wrote: post #363
jacquesm wrote: post #87

Wonder how many people will use this as an opportunity to either create a linkedin profile or to delete the one they already have. Change-of-control risks on a deal like this are substantial. This is also an excellent reminder that you never know where the profiles you create will end up.

Yeah, I am debating closing mine today.

You better hurry before Microsoft removes that "feature".

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by therein »

moon_of_moon wrote: post #271

$26 Billion is actually fair : The question is, would it provide earnings of $2.6 Billion per year discounted over the next ten years? I think so. Keep in mind, MS sells $90 billion of product and services a year, so we're talking less than 3% of that. (MS cost of revenue is about a third of revenues!) 1] First imagine LinkedIn used as the primary sales channel for MS products. Head of sales is probably salivating. 2…

> $26 Billion is actually fair : The question is, would it provide earnings of $2.6 Billion per year discounted over the next ten years?

> Keep in mind, MS sells $90 billion of product and services a year, so we're talking less than 3% of that. (MS cost of revenue is about a third of revenues!)

30%

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by fl0wenol »

supercanuck wrote: post #221
mwambua wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Skype is one of the more regrettable acquisitions. Linux support has been deplorable ever since.

Fortune 500 companies are replacing their entire physical phone systems with Skype.

For this role OCS worked better before Skype for Business.

We had click-to-call, voicemail, forwarding configuration with Outlook integration. It worked great.

Then we went to 365 and Skype, ostensibly as a cost saving measure, and now none of that works. Big step back.

I mean seriously.

Re: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

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Post by vthallam »

anilshanbhag wrote: post #440

I am currently a grad student at a top5 university in US and been at a top5 in India. I can say from experience that LinkedIn is dying and no longer valued as professional profile. LinkedIn had a nice concept of connection, however after a few accept alls I have 500+ connections with a similar amount pending. The messages I receive are garbage, the feed is stale. There is no incentive to open the website and I have u…

True, Linkedin is spam and their apps/feed are copycats of FB. But, they have a monopoly over professional networking and so recruiting. The data is the gold mine, there's no way any new company would be able to convince 440 million people to create profile with all the information. So all MSFT wants to is to probably improve their product line, cross sell Office/Dynamics to Linkedin's customers and may be buy some HR/payroll to create a complete suite(Recruting+ HR + Communication + Enterprise tools).
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