Comment by thorin

Reading a few comments it occurs to me that these platforms e.g. Linkedin / Facebook are so big they have multiple uses. Linkedin is mainly buying and selling. There is a lot of sales going on there and programmers generally would not take kindly to that. As a means of recording connections and connecting with companies / recruiters it seems to work fine. In the same way, fb works fine as a friends list, photo repo, events organiser and marketplace. It's just ok, but it's free and has a massive userbase. All the other stuff isn't relevant to me and needs to be ignored at all costs. However for some people it is useful I guess.