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By Caroline McCarthy CNET News
Posted on ZDNet News: Nov 10, 2009 5:17:04 AM

A new partnership between Twitter and LinkedIn lets LinkedIn status messages sync with Twitter.

"The business-use case of Twitter is turning out to be very important, and more and more people are finding that the persona they create for themselves on the web is part of their resume in many ways," Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in a joint video with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, which was posted to the LinkedIn blog.

In short, LinkedIn's 'status' feature now syncs with Twitter with an optional check box, a feature that the two companies say should be rolling out over the next few days. Likewise, users can set their Twitter status as their LinkedIn status by using the hash tag #li or #in.

For more, read "Twitter, LinkedIn team up for self-promotion free-for-all on CNET News.

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RE: Twitter, LinkedIn announce tie-up
This devalues Linked-In. What's happening is that LinkedIn -- a professional and serious site, is about to be cheapened by the vain, self-important people on Twitter.

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Uhh No Thanks,  adboykin | 11/10/09
Twitter me unimpressed  pjdiller | 11/10/09
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