Let's all connect on LinkedIn

Web and SaaS

social networking experiment

SHOW HN2012

27points
22comments
#783of 1,677 in 2012
Top 47%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

6 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.39.

Idea: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea that helps members grow networks

    From 4 comments
    • excellent idea--appreciate your initiative and efforts. if i can help, please LMK. note: to get a custom linkedin url (as mentioned in the OP), it takes like 15 seconds, just to…
      doug1001 on HN
    • Great idea, this is the sort of thing that makes YC powerful.
      code177 on HN
    • Excellent. Thanks for doing this!
      sudobear on HN
    • Great idea, for me Google+ wouldn't have made any sense without the same initiative.
      ilanco on HN

Objections

  • Spreadsheet not editable, causing confusion about entries

    From 2 comments
    • anybody else having trouble updating the spreadsheet? is there a limit to the number of people who can be editing at once?
      pedalpete on HN
    • The spreadsheet isn't editable, only viewable. It takes input from the form, linked in the title of this post.
      hornbaker on HN

Requests

  • Fix wrong HN username or LinkedIn URL entries

    From 3 comments
    • I entered my HN username wrong, anyway to change it to the right one?
      bioinformatics on HN
    • people with URLs like http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=XXXX do it wrong. Links like these offer me only to send InMail or connect through connections. You have to paste…
      dr_win on HN
    • #39, my new linkedin url is http://www.linkedin.com/in/pedalpete thanks
      pedalpete on HN

Questions

  • Can the spreadsheet be edited or how many can edit at once

    From 1 comment
    • anybody else having trouble updating the spreadsheet? is there a limit to the number of people who can be editing at once?
      pedalpete on HN

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