Recently, the BeKnown application on Facebook was blocked from using the LinkedIn API to honor LinkedIn members’ requests to access their own profile and connection data. This makes the BeKnown app experience inconvenient for LinkedIn members. We are writing in support of reactivating BeKnown’s developer API to allow LinkedIn users to port profile and connection information to BeKnown. Thanks.
Request to reactivate BeKnown developer API
Fri, 07/01/2011 - 14:09
Request to reactivate BeKnown developer API
#2
Fri, 07/01/2011 - 18:56
#3
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 05:33
I support the request to reactivate BeKnown developer API.
#4
Fri, 07/01/2011 - 20:46
cry me a river.it's clearly a competing product that is trying to move users from LinkedIn to Monster.
#5
Fri, 07/01/2011 - 21:26
You should own information you create, and your social "graph" is one big piece of that information.Companies that try to lock down their customer's information and create "walled fortresses" are going to lose in the end. No one likes to be held "hostage". I like LinkedIn ~a lot~ and hate seeing this type of behavior from them.It would be one thing if Monster was "scraping" LinkedIn wholesale, but this doesn't seem to be the case here. Monster's BeKnown appears to only use the API to assist individuals in connecting with their own existing contacts. (Much in the same way that LinkedIn allows you to pull in your GMail contacts.)I'm not related in anyway to Monster or BeKnown, and I normally don't bother commenting on these types of API access decisions. In this case though, I felt compelled to do so.I do hope LinkedIn chooses to reverse their decision after studying the situation. - Don Kosak
#6
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 15:06
Ditto.
#7
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 00:54
Instead of wasting everybody's time requesting support to reinstate access for BeKnown to the LinkedIn API, spend some time reading the terms of use of the LinkedIn API. You have made it very clear that BeKnown is a competitive service to LinkedIn. Competititors are explicitely prohibited to use LinkedIn's API. Stop moaning and grow up.
#8
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 09:50
Let's Linkedin back on BeKown! I need to find job.
#9
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 14:45
I support adding it. By being too restrictive on this kind of use of thier API, LinkedIn is showing it's insecurity in the marketplace. This alone is a sign that maybe it is a good idea to use other vendors for this kind of service.And btw, to all the trolls complaining about people complaining, or wasting thier time to tell other people not to waste thier time...grow up.
#10
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 23:00
Smart competitors with similar products and services find ways to co-exist and even share customers based on niche offerings and consumer preferences. Many younger Facebook users are dragging their feet in using LinkedIn, but inevitably will use the BeKnown app as a convenient job search tool and more. If Linkedin wants a piece of the pie with these (400 million?) possible converts, that would be forthcoming if it (a) was easier to get along with and (b) continues to offer and expand on the great value they have built over time.I have been networking professionally on LinkedIn for years, while never a big fan of the "too personal" feel of Facebook. I've recently increased FB use due to the introduction of Business Pages, as this is where I find the most value for me. BeKnown is an extension of that value, and I am checking it out "with or without" the convenience of LinkedIn portability. If I find value, I will use both. I'll bet most users won't be deterred from joining BeKnown just because of the LinkedIn block; but it does come across as a useless defiant tactic by a petulant 'sibling' that accomplishes nothing in the long run.There is room in this market for more than one dominant force - it was coming eventually anyway. Perhaps the big Monster has actually done LinkedIn two favours: (1) a 'don't drop the ball' wake-up call and (2) they will likely blow other competitors out of the water. LinkedIn has a distinct presence and character that attracts the professional networker; it will not disappear any time soon. NOW is the time to use the same visionary thinking it has in the past to continue their relevance and value to their loyal users and attract new users - and find ways to get along with the Monster in the room.
#11
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 00:16
LinkedIn, Beknown, Facebook Monster, ur wasting my time with your little games...and probably everyone else's who's desperately looking for work !I have +20 years of professional experience, I'm trilingual, I have a Master's degree, and I'm night shifting for minimum wage right now instead of whinig about the economic crisis, until I find something better;at least ur not charging money for basic services...and to whoever posted "grow up"...it's WAKE UP all you bourgeois de merde wimps !!! Shame, shame, shame !!!
#12
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 04:27
I support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#13
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 05:59
I support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#14
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 08:44
Please connect BeKnown to Linkedin!
#15
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 09:16
Dear LinkedIn Developer Team,Request you to make possible Reactivation of Beknown developer API'RegardsParesh Shah
#16
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 12:47
Restore BeKnown access. Not be chickens!
#17
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 12:55
I support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#18
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 13:01
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#19
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 18:37
BeKnown team, just get on with life. If you need this API to bring your business model to fruition, then you did not have a winner in the first place. If your proposition is compelling enough, even I will move my relevant contacts from wherever they are.Don't give up, keep it up. we need more competition in this space. best regards
#20
Sun, 07/03/2011 - 20:51
I would prefer to promote LinkedIn through my BeKnown account rather than Monster.
#21
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 00:27
reactivate BeKnown app please.
#22
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 01:48
Dear LinkedIn Dev Team,Dont crawl back please and show us that you have guts!Regards,A (until now) satisfied linkedIn user
#23
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 02:08
Dear Linked IN,I would like the API access to BeKnown restored as it is part of my business as a recruiter and social marketeer.There are people on this thread who are actively looking for work and Linked IN is limiting those persons.The whole world is social now so just move with it and I am sure that their can be some fantastic collaboration between both partiesRegardsRichard Smith
#24
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 09:11
I tend to not use LinkedIn that much professionally, and honestly cannot see the real value in it. While never a big fan of the "too personal" feel of Facebook. I've recently increased FB 'professionally' and BeKnown is an extension of that Business Pages value, and I am checking it out "with or without" the convenience of LinkedIn portability. If I find value, I will use both. I'll bet most users won't be deterred from joining BeKnown just because of the LinkedIn block; but it does come across as a useless defiant tactic by a petulant 'sibling' that accomplishes nothing in the long run. You guys are definately loosing on on the untapped, younger demographic who will not go near your product. Monster figured it out.
#25
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 13:25
I support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#26
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 13:45
Please allow beknown to interact with linkedin.
#27
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 14:59
Recently, the BeKnown application on Facebook was blocked from using the LinkedIn API to honor LinkedIn members’ requests to access their own profile and connection data. This makes the BeKnown app experience inconvenient for LinkedIn members. We are writing in support of reactivating BeKnown’s developer API to allow LinkedIn users to port profile and connection information to BeKnown. Thanks.
#28
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 17:32
As a "long time" (3-4 year) paying customer it makes absolutely no sense why LinkedIn would not enable this capability other than fear of competition. Job seekers like companies also desire a multi-channel capability to market their respective personal brands to the broadest possible audience. Shutting down the ability for a paying customer to access and export the information that they have built over a period of time into another application (competing or not) is down right offensive. How would LinkedIn react if Yahoo!, Google or Xobni decided to turn off their API's because your company was diverting traffic away from their respective web-sites? It also brings up the very important question of "Who owns the information that resides on LinkedIn?" Do I still "own" my information (including my network of contacts) or have I naively forked it over to LinkedIn through some fine print in the ToS? This might be a discussion of interest out in the public domain and something that the 100 million current users might also want to know.
#29
Mon, 07/04/2011 - 18:24
I am writing in support of reactivating BeKnown’s developer API to allow LinkedIn users to port profile and connection information to BeKnown.
#30
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 04:31
It's easy to use it this way. Openness means freedom
#31
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 05:02
I support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#32
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 05:49
I request that the 'professional' social networks learn to play nice together. Please allow the link between LinkedIn, BeKnown, etc. Thank you!
#33
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 09:04
reactivate !
#34
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 10:53
PLEASE let us import our contacts to BeKnown
#35
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:12
C'mon guys. This totally gives off the vibe of you circling the wagons. Really bad message to send to your support base. Many companies have made this mistake (ref SUN and an endless list of "we're too big to fail" victims). Congrats on your IPO. I now know why you've picked this particular time to do that. However, locking down your tech in the hopes of retaining marketshare puts you squarley on the fool's path.You're not Sun. You're better than that. Stop looking in the rear view mirror, hit the gas and stop this nonsense.
#36
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 11:24
Camon Linkedin give us freedoom to share. Welcome to the SOCIAL media.
#37
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 18:11
support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#38
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 18:16
support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#39
Tue, 07/05/2011 - 18:16
support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#40
Wed, 07/06/2011 - 02:36
Hi everyone, As you may know, we regularly review applications to ensure adherence to our guidelines and terms of service, and on July 1st, we notified several developers we believed were violating our guidelines and terms of service. Beknown was one of them. Beknown's use of the LinkedIn APIs in connection with this product violates LinkedIn’s API Terms of Use and Platform Guidelines by, at a minimum, using the APIs to send messages to promote BeKnown. Also, we have concerns that LinkedIn Content imported into BeKnown will be used in connection with Monster’s enterprise sourcing products, and, in effect, they will be charging fees for access to content sourced from the LinkedIn API. We have an existing partner program for enterprise products, and we are in discussions with the Monster team about supporting their offerings directly. I hope you understand that we have the restrictions and guidelines in our open developer program in place to help protect our members, our developers, and the LinkedIn platform alike from abuse. We are always looking to improve our guidelines, but it’s crucial that we enforce violations when they are discovered. Adam
#41
Thu, 07/14/2011 - 06:54
Dears,
To my mind, a Real SOCIAL Professional Web must be encouraging as concerning the possibilities to share information & contacts. Pls, Re-Consider the Access to BeKnown!
Thnx. Tchr.Martin
#42
Thu, 07/14/2011 - 08:31
support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API
#43
Thu, 07/14/2011 - 08:41
Request beknown developer api
I support the request to reactivate the BeKnown API