Actually a good article. The sudden endorsements on LinkedIn are sometimes a surprise. Although the validity of your linkedin claims and information gets confirmation it is not always spot on. I sometimes wonder if it would be cool if we could give negative endorsements. There are a lot of people putting skills in that should rather show as a lack of skills, “do you think this person knows about management?” Hell no! He’s a nitwit and a backstabber.. Please click here to dis-endorse.

What would it mean for LinkedIn profiles if you could do so…

Read on in this article:

There’s a joke going the rounds about LinkedIn, which is a kind of Facebook for corporate types. It goes like this. First man (smugly): “I’m on LinkedIn, you know?” Second man: “Really? I had no idea you were looking for a job.”

read more through my twitter account @edwardbreedveld or directly at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/30/linkedin-endorsements-turn-you-into-the-product