LinkedIn is a waste of space and annoys me to no end. In the time I’ve been on it, there has only has one incentive and that is to join. There’s no reason to stay or come back regularly. To be honest, it is not professionalism that turns me away but the fact interaction is uncomfortable. Stiff is not professional. Online you can’t just be a suit.

I want to add to the network and share on LinkedIn and maybe find new ways to connect with others. Here’s the reason: the real value of online networking is measured by the outcomes not the act of adding people or how many contacts you have.

Today, I realized the outcome doesn’t even matter enough to double-check for my profile for typos. I doubt will be drafting messages or sending out my profile to anyone and no one has ever asked if I’m on LinkedIn.

Contacts do not happen to work together spontaneously. To interact with others, people have to login and have to be human. I would value a professional space as a place to make connections on the web. On the other hand, there’s no reason for me to add value to the ones on LinkedIn since I’m friends with most of them on Facebook.

What would I do with bragging rights from LinkedIn? Probably nothing even if I noticed. LinkedIn is a resume, nothing more than a brag sheet.