Comments on: LinkedIn Answers

By: Mudassir

Mudassir — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:15:07 +0000

thanks for such an informative post.

By: My LinkedIn Network Has Grown

My LinkedIn Network Has Grown — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:54:21 +0000

[...] LinkedIn is definitely hitting critical mass. In the past couple months, I’ve seen tons of people jumping on the service. Social networking for business adults seems to have caught on. LinkedIn is doing a great job of staying focused on launching features that compliment their core focus. LinkedIn Answers is working well, groups are cool, recommendations make complete sense and the ability to find unbiased references when hiring people is awesome. [...]

By: Rich Tatum

Rich Tatum — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:17:50 +0000

Correction: I take that back. LinkedIn has quietly rolled out RSS feeds for each of its Q&A categories as well as enabled search within Questions. Rich. BlogRodent

By: Rich Tatum

Rich Tatum — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:09:41 +0000

I prefer LinkedIn's way or ranking answers over the Digg- or Tivo-style thumbs up/down solution. For LI, the person who asked the question rates and evaluates the answers, and one's rated answers can lead to an "expert" status among various topics. I've answered 30 questions (to date), in hopes of improving my "status" for potential employers. I've even gotten an "expert" rating once or twice. Unfortunately, I can't tell that it's helped, or not. There are some deficiencies that have yet to be addressed, however, such as the absence of RSS feeds, the inability to search Q&A, the inability of the questioner to interact in the forum, the non-threaded view, and the stupefying redundancy of questions that have already been asked and answered previously. That said, it is promising, not because of the technology, but because of the expertise represented by having access to an expert community. Rich BlogRodent Rich.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:56:23 +0000

Consider me on the sidelines for now. I’m going to see how this new feature shakes out first. What’s to stop LinkedIn from adding a Digg-style thumbs up/down feature for people to rate your contribution? Maybe this “feedback” would find itself on your profile page down the line and impact your reputation.

By: dustin

dustin — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:23:32 +0000

Thanks Scott. I thought you posed an excellent question, which is why I answered it almost immediately (you’ll notice I was the 6th person to answer it). Another issue is the “withdraw answer” feature. It makes spamming a less permanent mark on the user’s profile. LinkedIn will work the kinks out and when they do, I think it will greatly enhance the interest in the work that you do. I know I’ll be frequenting your site more often.

By: Scott Allen

Scott Allen — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:19:36 +0000

There already is. First off, see LinkedIn Answers or LinkedIn Spammers? Then take a look at the growing number of responses to my question, What do you think is the best way to stop people from spamming LinkedIn Answers? LinkedIn has already started taking action against several people, issuing warnings and suspending their accounts. They'll need to come up with a more scalable approach.

By: SearchLvr

SearchLvr — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:20:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I’ll have to check it out. I wonder if spam will be a problem there eventually?