[sj4nz]

I kind of get a feeling that a paid-entry social network like app.net may be the future place for finding this kind of business networking. I'm also a LinkedIn leaver, because of the spam just like everyone else.

More than a few general users I've seen usually get pretty upset when they get random LinkedIn invitations from people they don't even know, because of the address book harvesting.

[vijayaggarwal]

People tend to overvalue money and undervalue time, and that's the reason "free" services tend to beat "paid" ones in any business where per capita cost of service is low. So, while LinkedIn generates spam, it's not much vulnerable to a "paid" competitor.

[sj4nz]

This is so very true. Falls under the general guideline "If You're Not Paying for the Product--You are the Product." http://lifehacker.com/5697167/if-youre-not-paying-for-it-you...