This Is Why You Should Be Thanking LinkedIn.
Loribeth Pierson
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Okay, maybe not a formal “Thank You” card you put a stamp on and mail it to Jeff Weiner at the corporate office, but a preverbal high-five to LinkedIn would do. Kidding aside, LinkedIn has added a few fantastic changes that just might help you in your everyday work life. How ? Well, let me explain.
1.) The ability to see who’s online and “active now” and who is on their mobile phone. I know some people will NOT see this as a good thing, and I’m okay with that. Some people really like to be anonymous and not let people know when they are online. (Keep reading I show you how to change your settings)
If you don’t have this function yet, don’t worry you will get it when LinkedIn finishes rolling it out to everyone. If you happen to be one of those people who think this is the best thing since sliced bread, here’s how to manage your active settings.
When you see the photo appear in your feed you know it has been added. Make sure you click on the “Manage active status” from the picture on your screen. It is pretty simple from there; it will automatically bring you to your settings page and under privacy scroll down to “Manage active status” at this point you have the option to swipe left to turn it off or keep it in the “YES” position. I suggest try it out first before you judge it. It’s kind of nice knowing when your connection is online and you know they will be able to answer you back right away.
You can also hide active status from select people.
That’s a wrap for this LinkedIn Tip today. Let me know what you think of this new feature. DO you love it? Should it stay or should it go?
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7 年Thanks Loribeth Pierson for the article. So many people will post how they hate LinkedIn but then with this hating it is easy to take for granted new features and benefits. I like these chat boxes so you can either blow it up on screen for a more thoughtful message to mediate on, or open several chat boxes as you liase with different people on LinkedIn. Which gives you freedom away from the message window to see other parts of LinkedIn. And... if someone is active... boom! Good chance to message them for a response (or just realise how rude or slack they are...) as they will see you are live also! So I think they are making LinkedIn better and more engaging. Yes sad that harder to get eyes to articles now but if you have a good engagement on this SOCIAL MEDIA then people will be more likely to come back to visit your page and checkout your most recent articles!
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7 年I now have this Active Status feature. When looking at my Messages list I see the green blobs and circles against people, and in the specific message conversation panel. I've yet to understand the difference between "Active now" and "Active 1hr ago". It's a useful feature for those who want it. And for those who don't it can be turned off. Well done LinkedIn!
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7 年I agree with Bert Robinson in general ,although i'm thankful for every social media that could relate me with others.
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7 年I guess the usefulness of this feature would depend on how LinkedIn defines "active." If active means signed in, I'd always be active even when sound asleep. That definition is unlikely unless this is a simple ploy to artificially inflate active user counts. The Average Daily User count would skyrocket. (Honestly, I doubt this is the case). If active means a browser tab with focus, I'd be active/inactive/active etc etc etc ad nauseum. That would just be annoying to everybody. It would, however, significantly increase the number of times members access the platform a day. That's another valuable KPI. (Again, I doubt this is the case) If active means an open browser tab to LinkedIn, with or without focus then, yes, kudos to LinkedIn. They would just need a tab badge to let us know that someone is talking to us. I don't have the feature yet, Loribeth, do you see some sort of notification when a live message comes through? All in all, I do believe this could be a step in the right direction. I'll reserve judgment for the nonce.