Bye Bye "Old" LinkedIn
How many famous restaurants do you know which were sold to new owners who claimed that they were going to continue the tradition that made the restaurant famous in the first place? Probably at least a few, right?
How often did those promises really work out? Probably they usually didn't, right?
Well, get ready to watch LinkedIn(LI) change because it was just bought by none other than Microsoft (MS). And by the way…how many people (other than some of their employees) consider MS their favorite company? I mean, did Skype get any better after MS bought it?
The news, here, says that MS paid $26B for LI and that they wanted it as part of their efforts to (you've heard this before) diversify. MS must have been very serious about getting LI because they paid 3X for it what the paid for Skype.
I was just thinking yesterday how so much of the content on the internet is useless crap. But of course the LI product and it's oft-touted uniqueness, i.e. its network of supposed 'professionals' who are eager to make deals with like-minded, professionals, is much different than the drama and silliness that has made so much money for Facebook and other time-wasting social media sites.
The question for loyal users of LI is, "How much will it change… and how?"
Bye Bye "Old" LinkedIn?
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