Friday
Jun182010
Why I Have A lot Of Faith In Endor.se
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 4:38PM
The past few days, I have really been hyping up Endor.se, even before I used it. In short, I think it is an awesome service, and I think this tweet from me proves it.
There are two reasons why I think Endor.se will be more popular to use than LinkedIn for people like me, and many of my readers, in the next coming months.
1. Twitter Integration Done Right
The problem with Twitter integration on LinkedIn is that it is just a lot of noise that does not serve much purpose. Chris Brogran explains the problem beautifully. Endor.se on the other hand leverages Twitter beautifully. To log into Endor.se, all you have to do is connect to Twitter. From their, Endor.se uses Twitter for your profile picture (thank god, I hate uploading profile pictures) and links your Twitter account on your Endor.se page. Endor.se also leverages Twitter when adding endorsements as shown below.
My only problem with the Twitter integration is how dependent Endor.se is on Twitter. If Twitter crashes, Endor.se is rendered pretty unusable, as demonstrated just a few days ago. I really do hope Sam Brown and the other people behind this project have something in the works to address this dependency.
2. It Is Beautifully Simple
It takes literally one minute or less from signup to endorse someone or have someone endorse you. To endorse someone, all you do is click the plus button once logged in, enter their Twitter handle and fill in three tags you are endorsing them for. If the person you're endorsing already has an account, that data will be populated with the tags they have already chosen.
Now don't get me wrong, I do not think that Endor.se will replace LinkedIn, or even overtake it, simply because it does not have the features that many have come to expect from a robust business networking tool. But I do think Endor.se will become the Twitter of business networking, more popular in just a completely different way.
If you want to, feel free to endor.se me, or check out my page at endor.se/holdenpage
There are two reasons why I think Endor.se will be more popular to use than LinkedIn for people like me, and many of my readers, in the next coming months.1. Twitter Integration Done Right
The problem with Twitter integration on LinkedIn is that it is just a lot of noise that does not serve much purpose. Chris Brogran explains the problem beautifully. Endor.se on the other hand leverages Twitter beautifully. To log into Endor.se, all you have to do is connect to Twitter. From their, Endor.se uses Twitter for your profile picture (thank god, I hate uploading profile pictures) and links your Twitter account on your Endor.se page. Endor.se also leverages Twitter when adding endorsements as shown below.
My only problem with the Twitter integration is how dependent Endor.se is on Twitter. If Twitter crashes, Endor.se is rendered pretty unusable, as demonstrated just a few days ago. I really do hope Sam Brown and the other people behind this project have something in the works to address this dependency.
2. It Is Beautifully Simple
It takes literally one minute or less from signup to endorse someone or have someone endorse you. To endorse someone, all you do is click the plus button once logged in, enter their Twitter handle and fill in three tags you are endorsing them for. If the person you're endorsing already has an account, that data will be populated with the tags they have already chosen.
Now don't get me wrong, I do not think that Endor.se will replace LinkedIn, or even overtake it, simply because it does not have the features that many have come to expect from a robust business networking tool. But I do think Endor.se will become the Twitter of business networking, more popular in just a completely different way.
If you want to, feel free to endor.se me, or check out my page at endor.se/holdenpage
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