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ne of Hari Srinivasan’s first projects at LinkedIn was to help design the platform’s profiles. Srinivasan thought about business and trade conferences, where professionals network and exchange ideas and experiences. He imagined the first encounter between two netw
orkers.“When me and you first meet, what’s the first thing we do? We find something in common. We may shake hands. We understand how to pronounce each others’ names,” he said. “Lo
ok at the profile today.”Then he pointed to the LinkedIn profile. It features a picture of the user, underneath which appears the user’s name and how to pronounce it correctly, if they’re