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		Alex3917 on July 11, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is LinkedIn About to Be Sold? You're probably correct that Facebook will have difficultly expanding their focus. So what. LinkedIn is still a broken product, and Facebook will continue gaining users just by doing their thing. If I were LinkedIn I'd be selling in a hurry.

myoung8 on July 11, 2007 [–]

I'm curious to hear why you think LinkedIn is broken...

It seems to be working pretty well for a lot of people.

Alex3917 on July 11, 2007 | [–]

I blogged about it here: http://alexkrupp.typepad.com/sensemaking/2007/05/assumptiond...

Basically, I think it makes the wrong assumptions about the way people network.

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