I've been researching the capabilities of LinkedIn's recent upgrade. While all the BIG press has been focused upon the integration of LinkedIn and Twitter, just as important a new feature is the ability to have threaded conversations (a microblog) with your connections status updates. However, the thread is not limited to just one's own connections.
Take a look at the screenshot shown below. Ross Mayfield, Chairman and Co-founder of Socialtext is part of my LinkedIn Connections, but Konstantin Guericke is not! The implications are HUGE. I am able to see the status updates of my connections, and anyone who comments ... whether they are part of my network or not. Some of the bigger complaints of mine over Twitter have been:
- Very difficult to create a high quality network of Followers
- There is often a high signal to noise ratio in Twitter
I believe the threaded conversation capability of LinkedIn will be very important. Via LinkedIn I have much more data about whom I am conversing with ... and can filter. (see my blog post from last June: Twinked-In)
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