Godzilla Meets LinkedIn http://su.pr/2PD7U3
LinkedIn has been allowing the input of Japanese text and even sub-profiles in Japanese – for over 3 years.
“Nihongo de LinkedIn” group is just over three years old, and hosts discussions in Japanese – from over 3,600 members.
This didn’t win over the Japanese; from several months ago we can can also select a Japanese menu.
But LinkedIn does not have the Rinkuru Girls, alas… nor does it put them in space
A real class act, Rinkuru is sending a Bentley Limo and a “somewhat” decorated Rolls Royce on a promotional tour of Japan
I have to wonder, what drives them to create sloppy monsters from things that are already well built out and fairly solid to begin with? I will leave you with this parting thought: from those who do not read Japanese, in the image below, from the top page of りんくる (copy/paste that to find them; I will not dignify them with a link) they boast 11,358 companies have registered with their new social network. And yet, mine makes just 243 (I always root for underdogs) Facebook likes?
I smell bad sushi.
How does りんくる compete with LinkedIn, then?
They do allow you to search jobs, create a blog, save photos, and save the simplest of profile data as well as a separate resume page. And they use a lot of pink. Let’s see how this goes over…
About Saul Fleischman
Working with social web apps developers on getting things made: my role tends to be functionality ideation, user experience, and also, marketing communications and community development.
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