Comments on: LinkedIn vs. Facebook? Not Really

By: The Facebook Problem « Martin’s Blog

The Facebook Problem « Martin’s Blog — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:39:22 +0000

[...] it’s a business tool, Scott Hanselman uses it as a social tool (but thinks it might change), Mark Evans didn’t think it could be a serious tool last month. I like the idea of a LinkedIn/Facebook [...]

By: Ben Lucier

Ben Lucier — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:44:59 +0000

Yes, they are competitors. Granted, Facebook does lack some specific business functionality that LinkedIn users enjoy (ie. Introductions, references, etc).

I agree with Michael. In fact, I’m waiting for Facebook to introduce functionality that will permit users a degree of separation between their corporate and personal life. For instance, when I add/invite a new contact, there’s no reason why I can’t specify them as personal, business, or both.

Ever since I started using Facebook, I rarely bother with LinkedIn. That in itself is a very real indicator to the negative impact Facebook has over LinkedIn.

By: Technology Talk - 06/26/2007 | Kyle's Cove dot Com

Technology Talk - 06/26/2007 | Kyle's Cove dot Com — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:58:41 +0000

[...] AllFacebook takes a look at LinkedIn’s announcement that they are opening theirÂ platform to 3rd parties, which appears to be an effort to compete with Facebook (different services, but in my opinion do compete indirectly).Â Â Â Mark Evans explains why he feels they two are not competitors. [...]

By: Michael Garrity

Michael Garrity — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:03:38 +0000

What’s more telling, Mark, is that I linked to this post from your Facebook profile. In other words, while I have a LinkedIn profile and I should be their target audience (inches from 40), I find FB a much better way of linking to professionals like yourself and getting a “fuller” view of who they are by how they work (your status, interests, network and now - your blogs).

I would argue that FB and LinkedIn are absolutely competing and unless LinkedIn move beyond matching simple contact data and into facilitating real time updates, interactive conversations and a wider view of what defines a “professional personality”, they will slip even further behind.

My 2 cents. Good post - thanks.