21 Sep
30 Days Later… On LinkedIn Group Enhancements
Posted by JasonAbout a month ago, we were introduced to several enhancements for LinkedIn Groups. Since then 13,624 new groups have been created, bringing the total number of LinkedIn Groups to 134,685.
As an owner of one group, and the member of a dozen more, you wouldn’t know anything has changed. I also did a quick scan on the blogosphere to see what the buzz has been, and here is a snapshot of some comments (from TechCrunch and profy):
- As a group manager, the new features are very disappointing. There are no ways for group managers to moderate the new discussions posted nor a way to display some basic guidelines for the discussions! the text in the hub page/ Description of the group is limited to 300 characters!
- I welcome this long overdue update. But agree regarding the limitations. I just did my first post and the character max was 200, slightly longer than a twitter post. I hope this is just the beginning. I’m a LinkedIn fan and wish it was necessary to use other social networks to fill the gaps in LinkedIn’s offerings.
- This is really boring! LinkedIn is a great resume site but they have this strong desire to be so much more. I have serious doubts that they can pull this off. They should stick to what they’re good at — being a great site for recruiting talent.
- Very true, LinkedIn definitely has to address some issues about their approach to groups - they should help group owners instead of making the service less useful (and sometimes painful) to them. After all, these are busy people helping LinkedIn engage users.
- LinkedIn definitely has to address some issues about their approach to groups - they should help group owners instead of making the service less useful (and sometimes painful) to them. After all, these are busy people helping LinkedIn engage users.
All-in-all LinkedIn is still a powerhouse and Groups still have plenty of advantages - especially for those connecting and networking with other Group members. If you were expecting something great with the enhancements, you’ll have to wait-and-see until the next enhancements are launched.
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