Gongol.com Archives: March 2014

To be discussed on WHO Radio at 5:00 CT. Also available as a slideshow for those who don't like reading.

There's still a mystery to be examined and resolved, but this explanation passes some of the initial tests for making some intuitive sense

By getting users to create the long-form content (via the "Influencers" section) that gets people to stick around, LinkedIn aligns its interests as a business with the interests of users who want to be discovered for their talents. It's a more durable model for profit than many others on the Internet -- like the kind of incentive that alumni have to keep up the good name of their alma mater, long after graduation.

Because why not continue to change things on users?
