Do LinkedIn Recommendations Matter In the Reputation Economy?
There is an interesting on-going conversation that was kicked off this week between some of the web’s heavy hitters on the subject of the actual value of LinkedIn recommendations in the…Interesting caption. Are we in a reputation economy? I predict as market forces globalize, groups and tribes aggregate, and the social network matures, you will see a viable trade in reputation economies. I don’t think we are there yet. Also, the article brings up a few good points, one being the new push towards transparency (see clue train manifesto), however I feel some of this is a rehash of old questions concerning paper recomendations in the workplace. Not that revisiting old questions in light of new paradigms is not appropriate. But I view LinkedIn recommends as legit; 1 because online time is now a premium, anyone taking the time to write one is being more than friendly, 2 because recommendations give out descriptive details of character, performance, and skillsets in a context, that a cover letter or resume cannot.
