alt Hacker NewsMy assumption was that it was an intelligence platform first. Just like Skype, Microsoft decided to randomly buy it.
It amazing really. If you reached out to people and asked them for the information and graph that LinkedIn maintains, most employers would fire them.
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vaylian • today at 1:40 PM
> My assumption was that it was an intelligence platform first.
What do you mean by "intelligence platform"?
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There's an entire cottage industry of linkedin scrapers that put a lot of effort into guessing your email address to enable cold outreach.
I'm ashamed to say I worked at one such place for several months.
Apollo is probably the most comprehensive source for this. It's creepy as fuck.