Facebook Creating Work-Only Section to Compete Head-to-Head With LinkedIn
Social networking utility Facebook appears to be on the verge of competing head-to-head with business networking site, LinkedIn. According to a report on CNN Money, Facebook has in the works a new feature that will provide its users with the ability to separate their work "friends" from their social ones.
If Facebook successfully pulls this one off, then LinkedIn and its ilk may become irrelevant. One of the key frustrations that I have with these networking sites is that there are so many of them. I receive multiple requests virtually every day to become someone's "friend" at some site that I've often never heard of. Some of them may be phishing attacks while most are probably legitimate. But who has time or the need to become a "friend" to everyone who asks you and to maintain an accurate profile at multiple sites? If Facebook will allow its users to create professional and social profiles, then it will take far less time to maintain your information on that site and there will be less of a reason to use the other sites.
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