My Love Hate Relationship with LinkedIn
I was an early adopter of LinkedIn and about 10 years ago I had a lot of success in networking, building leads, and developing a presence on LinkedIn. In an effort recently to network more and stay more "alive" on the web, I dusted off my LinkedIn profile and was, frankly, horrified at what I saw. Once I was more established in my professional path, I dropped down to only using LinkedIn to accept connections. About a week ago I decided to start using the platform again to see if I can drum up some new connections, tap into old ones, and live their mission of "connecting all the professionals around the world to make them more productive and successful."
I could not disagree more. I think that LinkedIns motto should now be "we are basically Facebook, except you get to see people you are supposed to be connected with professionally acting a fool politically. Oh, and enjoy your inbox full...