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LinkedIn quietly removes option to export contacts

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LinkedIn was the first in a long line of social networks I deleted starting 4 years ago. Not sure how anyone gets value out of enough to justify.

LinkedIn is not a social network. It's a site which holds my CV and then recruiters message me with Job Specs. I either like the spec or don't, and sometimes I get interviews from it. I accept any friend request from recruiters/colleagues and beyond that never ever use the site. My justification is I like getting job specs, and the cost is essentially nothing. Sure I hate that it's got a side panel asking me to conne…

"Social" in the sense of leveraging (exceptionally aggressively) the social graph and personal connections.

Less so in terms of content / context.

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