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Yammer is currently hiring: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3654071

This link also has some info on what makes us different than facebook/irc/campfire/status.net

"Sure, Yammer is just like Facebook, but we're so much more than that. Corporations don't share cat pictures, they turn into efficient business machines."

I was expecting something more substantial.

This might help a bit: http://marketing.yammer.com/billions.html

The video provides zero information about differences with "facebook/irc/campfire/status.net".

https://www.yammer.com/product/index seems much more helpful. Looks like Yammer has added lots of what would've been called "groupware" features in the recent past, none of which are present in Facebook, StatusNet, etc. Maybe so much money has been raised because investors think it will eat into Sharepoint, Notes, etc?

Yeah, that will certainly give you the bullet points for the differences. The videos I linked to gives you the more "human" differences. Not having your social network behind the firewall helps a lot. Yammer moves like a consumer company, which means big usability wins for enterprise users.

Sorry, the video points out no "human" differences. It points to humans saying they like Yammer, that's about it. I'm sure it is just fine as a marketing video, but don't pretend it conveys any information beyond "like", assuming one has ever used "social media" before.

I gave an example in the paragraph right above that. There are many more examples and testimonials from paying customers at the link I posted. I'm happy to answer any more questions.

What example? I read it again, and I really don't see any "info on what makes us different than facebook/irc/campfire/status.net"

As I already said https://www.yammer.com/product/index does give me some idea of how Yammer is different.

Yammer looks to be groupware with a cloned Facebook UI...

Why does that need hundreds of employees and $142M in funding?

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