LinkedIn is working on being better at monetizing their site and one of the ways they’re planning to do this is by using its users’ personal information to make the site more attractive to advertisers. It’s an approach that is by no means “new” in the social media world. Facebook, for instance, has been at it for quite a while. If you are Internet savvy, you can check your LinkedIn settings and control what you share in terms of your personal info. However, LinkedIn had started off...
>>>LinkedIn is working on being better at monetizing their site and one of the ways they’re planning to do this is by using its users’ personal information to make the site more attractive to advertisers. It’s an approach that is by no means “new” in the social media world. Facebook, for instance, has been at it for quite a while. If you are Internet savvy, you can check your LinkedIn settings and control what you share in terms of your personal info. However, LinkedIn had started off as appearing more professional than that and this new direction is a bit of a surprise for some of its users. What do you think?
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