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I love the idea, but I'm not a LinkedIn user. Wouldn't it be more inclusive to transform the "LinkedIn URL" field into a general purpose URL field?

Also, if you post something, it's a bit of a black hole. The entry is held for moderator approval and when you go back to the "show what you made form" it's as if nothing ever happened.

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That's true, a Stackoverflow profile would be probably more suitable, or whichever link gives more information about the developer.

There is an alert after submitting the form, and a redirect to the frontpage. It's set to disappear quite quickly. I will improve on that, thanks for pointing it out!

> or whichever link gives more information about the developer

If you're not planning to integrate with some specific API, it could be any URL, including a personal site.

True, I will update that, thanks.

Why do you feel it has to be to a specific site?

Personally I do not participate in either of those sites. The only thing a Stack Overflow profile shows is how skilled someone is at quick draw Googling answers to very simple programming questions.

I'd be curious what google answer you find isn't already on StackOverflow :)

You are right, I will change it to just 'url'. Thanks for the feedback.

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