I wonder if this was killed because of low acceptance, or because of the privacy and security concerns? Did Apple ever speak about this being any type of concern?
Intro for iPhone – No Longer Supported
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#12I wonder if
- Apple told them they had better stop
- Adoption was lackluster
- The privacy complaints overwhelmed any benefit
(or all three)
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#13Thank you LinkedIn. Good riddance. While you are at it, how about fixing/retiring the following things as well: - Endorsements. They serve no purpose other than "look I am so cool" and for recruiter to find you by keywords that does not make much sense. Plus I have no interest in getting endorsed by my uncle for something he has no clue about. - Groups: These end up being nothing but recruiter spam. - Stop the spam o…
Endorsements serve a purpose for LinkedIn. They keep users coming back to the site when they receive the "X has endorsed you for Y" emails. You can tell endorsements are mostly for LinkedIn's benefit when you notice they don't even expose them in their API.
Yep. Endorsements are very clearly built as a LinkedIn engagement and retention feature.
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#14An open-source version of the backend code would be pretty awesome, though. It was a smart idea even if it wasn't well-suited to the use it was put to. Wouldn't it be neat if you could have extra contextual info added to your e-mails without having to install anything on your phone or mail client? It could be made modular so whatever services you use could provide plugins you could add/remove at will -- CRM, lead tracking, sender analytics (this person e-mails you 3X a week?), Amazon links for products, social network profiles, etc. If you host it yourself, you don't have the privacy issues of (another) 3rd-party having access to your mail.
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#15I wonder if this was killed because of low acceptance, or because of the privacy and security concerns? Did Apple ever speak about this being any type of concern?
I'm guessing low acceptance. It was an interesting hack, but honestly, could you picture anyone clamoring for this feature? And then getting past the setup steps?
Frankly I thought it was a pretty shocking product to launch, for all the predicable reasons it was panned, until I contrived a more charitable explanation: LinkedIn management is willing to greenlight goofy "20%-style" projects by the engineers.
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#16Thank you LinkedIn. Good riddance. While you are at it, how about fixing/retiring the following things as well: - Endorsements. They serve no purpose other than "look I am so cool" and for recruiter to find you by keywords that does not make much sense. Plus I have no interest in getting endorsed by my uncle for something he has no clue about. - Groups: These end up being nothing but recruiter spam. - Stop the spam o…
I found a great way to cut down on this spam: Delete your LinkedIn account.
I removed mine 3 years ago and I never once regretted it.
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#17LinkedIn's biggest problem can be traced to a single line of code: the placeholder that reads, "I would like to add you to my professional network."
The joy and excitement of real-life networking stems from meeting someone, recognizing that you share an interest or skillset, and connecting on the basis of that skill or interest.
For example, if I discuss JavaScript w/ a developer at a networking event, I keep him or her in mind for my next JS project. With in-person networking, I know not only who is in my network, but how and why they might want to collaborate.
By allowing for a meaningless, generic prompt, LinkedIn strips the excitement out of networking. It makes the game about quantity more than quality. Users end up with broader networks, but they fail to understand the meaning or potential of those connections.
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#18I wonder if - Apple told them they had better stop - Adoption was lackluster - The privacy complaints overwhelmed any benefit (or all three)
Adoption.
Not that many people care/are aware about the privacy/security issues at stake.
It was too much of a niche thing (i.e. not for iphone's "average" users) and from a big enough player that Apple wouldn't protest.
But it was a complicated and long process to install/configure it. I doubt many non-geeks bothered. So it probably never got any traction beyond a few thousand users. Not worth keeping around at Linkedin's scale.
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#19Thank you LinkedIn. Good riddance. While you are at it, how about fixing/retiring the following things as well: - Endorsements. They serve no purpose other than "look I am so cool" and for recruiter to find you by keywords that does not make much sense. Plus I have no interest in getting endorsed by my uncle for something he has no clue about. - Groups: These end up being nothing but recruiter spam. - Stop the spam o…
I found a great way to cut down on this spam: Delete your LinkedIn account. I removed mine 3 years ago and I never once regretted it.
I removed mine about the same time frame too. No regrets. It has not hindered my networking or hireability.
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#20Thank you LinkedIn. Good riddance. While you are at it, how about fixing/retiring the following things as well: - Endorsements. They serve no purpose other than "look I am so cool" and for recruiter to find you by keywords that does not make much sense. Plus I have no interest in getting endorsed by my uncle for something he has no clue about. - Groups: These end up being nothing but recruiter spam. - Stop the spam o…
Just wanted to say I hate endorsements as well.
I never accept any endorsements and I think some person actually removed me off his contact list because:
a) I didn't accept his endorsement.
b) Didn't endorse him in return (people seem to expect this?)