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It boggles the mind, but the networking site LinkedIn is valued at $1 billion. Really? I joined because everyone else seemed to have joined, but I'm not entirely sure what to do with the account now that I have it. Some people seem to love it though, which begs a question that we scratched the surface of a few days ago: Facebook, Myspace, or Linkedin. Or none? Or all? You tell me.

Comments (16)

No. 1 · J

None. That is waaaay too much information on me floating around.

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 at 5:32 pm
No. 2 · Daria at Gorgeos Black Women

Facebook and Linked In. J, thy all have strict privacy settings. You can google me all you want. All you'll find is stuff from my alma mater and places I've volunteered at one point or another. If someone searches for me on Facebook, all they'll see is my name and they can add me as a friend. Can't even see a picture or poke me. On linked in, I believe all that people outside my network can do is add me.

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 at 5:43 pm
No. 3 · los

@ daria,

regardless of its privacy settings, the internet is not private.

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 at 5:46 pm
No. 4 · Daria at Gorgeos Black Women

true

i make it a habit not to put anything out there that i would have to explain to my mama

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 at 6:30 pm
No. 5 · divaliscious11

linkedIn - use it to keep up with law school classmates, undergrad classmates, old co-workers etc…. some i maintain personal re'ships with, but it also gives them a spot check if they hear of gigs etc…..

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 at 7:47 pm
No. 6 · td

ugh, im in all three and all three times i was coerced by friends who were already in and insisted i just HAD to join. peer pressure what can i say. i did meet my boyfriend of 1 1/2 years on myspace though so hey…

** i also follow the "mama rule"…

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 at 8:03 pm
No. 7 · MyOpinionCountsToo

That's so weird, someone just asked me to join and frankly, I had never heard of it. My question is: do I need another website sending me useless emails?
Answer: No, not really

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 at 8:23 pm
No. 8 · deevinej23

This is the first time I heard about Linkedin. I'm on myspace and facebook. That's enough. It had taken over a year to finally get myspace to my liking. Facebook doesn't appeal to me as much, too many applications to get sucked into; but it has helped me to find old classmates. I don't need anymore.

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 at 10:30 pm
No. 9 · Daria at Gorgeos Black Women

The owners need to unload that ish immediately because it's overvalued.

Posted: Jun 19, 2008 at 1:20 am
No. 10 · China Blue

I'm on Facebook and hardly bother with it. All the people I want to know have my 'offline' details; however it's useful for keeping up to speed with old classmates,
Stumbleupon is my current favourite, though, because I'm a media whore :-)

Posted: Jun 19, 2008 at 4:10 am
No. 11 · J

Daria, you are right. I guess it's me. It's more of a idiosynchratic thing (or however you spell that mess. lol) I just dont like to be found, I guess. It creeps me out to wake up one day and someone from the past is in my face talking about "Heyyyy! I was thinking about you"…) I haven't figured out what to do with that yet. lol

Posted: Jun 19, 2008 at 6:02 am
No. 12 · TiP

None of the above. My alma mater, the great North Carolina A&T State Univesity. Aggie Pride!!!!!, has it's own networking site, just for A&T Alumni. I love it! and that is all I'm getting into.

Posted: Jun 19, 2008 at 10:22 am
No. 13 · 4m_no_2_dc

i was in college when facebook came on the scene at my school, so i use it to keep up with friends from school back home in new orleans, etc. … i use my myspace account to keep up with music artists i love…everything else is null and void.

Posted: Jun 19, 2008 at 10:43 am
No. 14 · SweetDiva

None - if I was interested in keeping touch with people I would find a way. There are probably very good reasons why we don't speak today.

Posted: Jun 19, 2008 at 12:07 pm
No. 15 · blackmistressdiva

I use linkedin. I got a job from linkedin a couple of months ago.

I also use facebook and myspace as extensions of my portfolio.

Posted: Jun 21, 2008 at 10:00 am
No. 16 · blackmistressdiva

Linkedin isn't over valued. It's a huge recruiting tool for ppl looking for techies and other highly skilled people, a good tool for anyone in a sales oriented position or ppl like me who are always looking to drum up work. I like it a lot.

Posted: Jun 21, 2008 at 10:04 am
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