Announce your Status to your professional network
The blog has given me an opportunity to announce some really cool feature enhancements to the different ways you communicate on LinkedIn. Today, in addition to the new homepage redesign that Elliot demoed, I’d like to call out a few nifty features that’ll most definitely enhance the way you relate to your professional network each time you log into LinkedIn.
Feel free to check out a quick demo below, of the three feature upgrades followed by a quick summary after the jump:
1. Simplified Inbox
In order to present you with the most appropriate messages in your LinkedIn Inbox, we’ve altered the logic so that your Inbox shows the five most recent actionable messages. We’ve also made it easier for you to take an appropriate action directly from the LinkedIn homepage (see demo). Of course, clicking on the Inbox icon takes you to a full-fledged Inbox page, yet again within the consistent look-and-feel that Elliot described earlier.
2. Customized Network Updates
We’re also giving you, the user, more control over what types of network updates you’re currently viewing on your homepage. By clicking to “Network Updates” (“Homepage Settings”) under your “Accounts and Settings“, you’ll be able to choose:
a. The kinds of updates you’d rather see on your homepage (photo updates, status updates, etc…)
b. The number of updates you’d like to see on your homepage (10, 15, 20, etc…)
3. Status
Most professionals love sharing anecdotes, tidbits about their professional lives with one another and thus far on LinkedIn it wasn’t possible to do so. Starting today, you should be able to update your current status on a daily basis, which should provide you not only an additional way to communicate effectively with your immediate network but also tap into the knowledge network you’re a part of.
We do suggest status options such as “working on…”, “traveling to…”, “looking for advice on…”, “looking for a job…” or “reading…”; but you also have the option to update status with any other professional tasks you’re currently engrossed in. Imagine being able to let your network know that you’re hiring or when you’re planning a business trip or conference!
Status information will be broadcast to your connections as a network update and will also appear as a new element on your profile page. Given our focus on ensuring user privacy, you will have the option to control your status visibility. Additionally, LinkedIn members can choose whether they want to see the status in their network updates feed.
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Feel free to leave comments. Your feedback is much appreciated. And, let me know how I can do better on camera!
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Sheilah Etheridge February 28th, 2008
Hi Chris,
Nice features, but still others we have been asking for for quite some time. It would be great if we could see the last log in date for members ( as an option of course people can opt in or out of). Many find it frustrating not knowing if a member is even active. Why request an introduction to someone who hasn’t been active in months?
Although the new layout is nice, it is definately more work. For instance the page no longer fits so one must scroll over, click next then scroll over once the new page opens. Then scroll back to see the other side. All in all it is not an improvement over the old one. It seemed like it would be and then …….
It seems incredibly slow as well; several minutes to get account and settings to open as well as posting answers. This is occurring no matter which browser I use. I have used Netscape, IE, FF, and Safari and the same isssues occur no matter what.
Sheilah
Jasper de Valk February 28th, 2008
Will status updates (new anecdotes) be grouped? Otherwise if you have a lot of connections sharing their status, you will not be able to see your network updates anymore..
Maya Forstater February 28th, 2008
Status updates are a great idea (although I can’t seem to get the little bubble to come up so I can update mine yet..it just goes to edit profile).
But it seems like you can only say you are doing one thing at a time. Who work like that?! Wouldn’t it be better if you could list multiple projects you are working on, issues you are investigating, trips you are planning etc? and then cross them off when they are no longer current (you could even have a feature that rolls them up into a cumulitive timeline of what you have been up to …)
Michael Flood February 28th, 2008
I love the new look! Congrats!
Just make sure you don’t have those ads come back that slow down my whole laptop.
John Koshy February 28th, 2008
Hi Chris,
Thanks for these new features and your demo.
I am pleased to be LinkedIn!
Cheers,
John Koshy
Ian Jindal February 28th, 2008
Hi – overall I really like the new design: leaner, clean yet with good info density.
My two “gripes” are
1) PLEASE let me get rid of the “news” – it’s too big, irrelevant and not the reason I come to LinkedIn (it’s hardly the ‘first place for industry news’!)
2) Could you look at adding some functionality to the Groups? Compared with Facebook (ahem) – where one can hold events, message people, organise and communicate – they are just like digital “Carrier bags”: you can see that other people buy their groceries in the same place but that’s about it.
Best wishes
ikj
Mark Cupitt February 28th, 2008
Hi, Well done on the New Look Site.
My two cents worth:
Last Login Date or a predetermined period that lets you know if someone has been active or not is a big help
For the developers, I tried to add a status update, received a message that it was too long. Subsequent Clicks then take me to the profile page only. (Occurred less than 30 minutes ago). If I log off then log back on, can get at the status update again.
Do you have any plans to provide a searchable Groups Dircetory. Groups are of limited value at the moment. I assume that the intention with the Groups is to provide a way for people with similar interests to meet and connect via linkedIN ????
Keep up the great work!
Regards
Mark Cupitt
Scott Boutwell February 28th, 2008
I would echo Ian’s comments (above):
- the ‘news’ section is not relevant to me; would like to either remove, or, customize to get exactly the news topics that I want
- Groups: I am always interested in assessing new groups, so I would like to see additional functionality & visibility around this. For example, when I click on a group tag, I get invited to the group. Many times I just want to better understand what they are doing, before I make a decision to join. Also, it would be nice to be able to search groups by categories, etc.
Otherwise, nice job on the update; looks and works great.
Scott
Mark ONeill February 28th, 2008
I don’t like the new look at all. And if you plan to place video ads on a paid subscriber’s home page, make it so that the video only plays the first time (or first ten times) in a session that one hits the home page. Playing the same video ad over and over and over and over again sucks. Give the option to switch back to the former interface. I used LinkedIn regularly and am really not happy with this development.
Sachendra February 28th, 2008
Love the new changes, one gripe though, PLEASE provide an option is Account and Settings to “hide” the (annoying) news section
Bruce N. Goren March 2nd, 2008
The news “Beta Feature” is nothing more than an annoying clutter on my home page space unless you provide the tools to customize it, hide it, move it, or preferably – remove it.
Also, I use IE6 with the text size set to “LARGER”. This was never a problem on LinkedIn until you switched to this new interface, now I have to scroll the screen horizontally or switch my text size back down to “Medium”.
jrm March 2nd, 2008
Please add the ability to subscribe to an RSS feed of the network updates.
Also, if you must keep the news, please allow that window to shrink down to only a headline. But If I wanted news to display here, I would want to bring forward my Google-based news categories.
Paul Scheer March 4th, 2008
The Company News has these problems:
1. It was introduced without warning or explanation.
2. You have arbitrarily selected exactly one (1) of the six (6) very public companies on my profile about which to feed me news. The last time I had anything to do with this particular company (Sony Pictures Entertainment) was three (3) years ago. Does that really make sense?
3. You have not provided any way for me to remove the news feed from this company or select any others.
SUGGESTIONS:
1. When you introduce a new feature, always announce it on the home page.
2. When you introduce a new feature that, in your heart of hearts you really believe will benefit your users, please entertain the thought that at least some may not be as excited about your handiwork as you are.
3. As a result of (2.) provide a very visible method to opt out.
4. If you find a larger than expected proportion of users are opting out, take advantage of the asymmetrical information you possess to conduct a random survey of both groups, those who opted out and those who continued to use — or at least, tolerate — the new feature. This is the most incredible opportunity for free market research that a company could ever want. Why not take advantage of it?
5. Every once in a while you might proactively survey your customer base to ascertain the value-added features they would most like to have.
6. And finally, with regard to the company news feature, the best thing you could possibly do with it is to make it a “subscribe to” option in the job profile. When adding or UPDATING a public company, among other things, prompt the user if they would like to subscribe to news about THIS company. That would turn a very visible plague into a value added option.
Paul Scheer March 4th, 2008
Regarding the new status feature, while I was initially not sure that I would use it, I decided to give it a try. I thoughtfully composed a statement and typed it into the text box, only to be smacked with an error message that I had exceeded the size limit.
SUGGESTION: Any time there are size limitations to a data entry field, when in edit mode, indicate those limitations either onscreen or via a tool-tip on hover.
Encouraging someone to make a preventable mistake, just so you can ding them with an error message, is a very poor approach to design (in fact, it indicates a lack of conscious design; more like hacking followed by a bandaid).
Mark Cupitt March 5th, 2008
Chris
A couple of additional comments for you guys to consider:
1. yes to being able to turn off the video. On a slower link, it is a real pain. If we have to look at it over and over again, at least make it amusing and rotate the videos :)
2. On the Side Navigation Bar, some form of indicator on Email, Groups, etc to notify you that there is activity and to go and look. ie: if there are any messages, put up a tick or group requests, etc. Saves a lot of unnecessary navigation
3. I have the same problem with the wide screen, have to go to full screen mode to see it all
4. RSS on Network Updates YES! Customizable, of course would be great.
5. News, would really like to be able to turn this off. I get all I want on Google
Otherwise, it is pretty easy to get used to the new look and feel. Most of the above is functionality.
Regards
Mark Cupitt
Valeria S. March 7th, 2008
Very nice, but use it with Opera it’s a “Sisyphean task”… Sometimes it isn’t working even after 10.000 trials! Now I can’t change my status!
David Lee Heyman March 11th, 2008
In general I like the new look. However, the News section is a waste for me. I’m not interested in it and am getting nothing valuable from the news that is being presented to me. Unless there is some way to hide it or move it to a less central part of the page I will likely stop coming to LinkedIn as often as I do. I’m very interested in what is happening in my Network and what questions people are asking. It now is an effort to find these things because of the placement of the News. Please fix it.
David Gorsline March 12th, 2008
Well, I’ve used the status feature to report what I’m working on this month. And twice my status has evaporated after about 7 to 10 days. Do you expect users to update their status on a daily basis?
thomas Martinuzzo March 12th, 2008
Hello,
I just love the new look espacially the possibility to say what I’m doing now (“Thomas is working on smart antenna” for instance).
One comment: is to possible to do a search on that? I’d like to have the list of everybody who’s working on smart antenna.
Glen McFarlane March 12th, 2008
Love the new look and feel. I find myself spending much more time on the Home page than I used to.
The status is great, but ideally it could be linked to Twitter so it would simply pick up those feeds.
Please?
Thanks
Glen
Jeremy Epstein March 19th, 2008
Love the new look. Very high value. Would love to connect status w/FB or Twitter though.
Chris Richman March 21st, 2008
Hi, all! Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to your comments. I have been reading all of them, though. Let’s see… where to start…
Status — It does automatically reset after 5 days. The idea is for it to stay fresh and not become a permanent profile element (or get out of date if you forget to change it).
I like the idea of Twitter integration. I’ll look into how much work it would take. Only a small % of our users twitter, but I can see how it would be great for those that do.
We also are thinking about making the status searchable. We want to spend a little time reviewing what people use the feature for to make sure it makes sense, but it’s definitely something we’re looking into.
I think the bugs that were mentioned above were fixed within a day or two of the release, but please let me know if you notice anything else strange.
RSS for Network Updates — we rolled it out yesterday. I’ll be doing a short blog post on it next week. Please let me know what you think!
The new website design — Elliot is the Product Manager for that, but I’ve forwarded the feedback to him.
Groups — we’re definitely working on adding more groups functionality — a lot more. Stay tuned.
News — Jen is the Product Manager for that and I think she has commented on this on another post, but it’s definitely a work in progress. We’ll be adding more customization in the future.
I think that’s it for now. As always, thanks for the great feedback!
Chris
Lee Mayer March 25th, 2008
If by Groups you mean tagging that is great – if not – then the ability to “tag” a connection or someone you’d like to connect with would be great. Currently I rely on bookmarking the connection to enable easy find or search.
LM
Guy Rintoul March 26th, 2008
Is there any way for me to get my status in a RSS/ATOM feed for inclusion on my blog, in other profiles etc?
Guy Rintoul March 26th, 2008
@Chris Richman
How do you know that only a small number of your users Twitter? :) I suspect it may be a bigger proportion than you think!
Valarie Sobolewski April 11th, 2008
I struggled with the new “Status” feature at first. You say now that it resets every 5 days? Every 5 of MY days or every 5 of YOUR days? Because sometimes I enter a status and it remains….. oh, 5 days – then sometimes I enter a new status (because I HAVE to) and it’s gone the next day. Not good. Now I have to cut & paste my status write-up to notepad in case it goes away before I’m ready for it to go away.
User should have an option as to how long before “Status” resets.
malcolm stanley April 11th, 2008
So the twitter thing in interesting as what many of us do is use twitter to announce status and Plaxo to sync it.
Separating these two functions is important.
I personally have status now at Twitter < -> Plaxo -> Facebook, here, and could if I chose have status in IM-verse as well at multiple points.
I believe you are already providing contact sync as a paid premium service with Plaxo. I wonder if starting with them would be an easier integration for you as they are already working with you and are nominal experts in sync, which is what you are really discussing here.
IOW, you already have a sync partner, why not use them?
Jos Burger April 12th, 2008
Add all the functionality of TripIt and Dopplr.
Pete Nikolai September 3rd, 2008
Any update on syncing status from Twitter?
Donnie Berkholz November 16th, 2008
Here’s more support for pulling in Twitter…
Chris McGrath November 18th, 2008
Another vote for Twitter status integration.
“Only a small % of our users twitter”… probably the same small % that will actually post status updates.
Pat Patterson November 25th, 2008
Led here by a Google search for ‘LinkedIn status Twitter’. Guess what. Yes, please!!!
Darren Flood December 11th, 2008
1 vote for an RSS feed of my LinkedIn status for my blog.
Mario Sundar December 12th, 2008
Thanks for the feedback, @Darren. Vote counted!
ismangil December 15th, 2008
I am one of the ’small %’ that want to use Twitter to update my LinkedIn status. So here’s +1 for that vote.
Since this blog post was written, LinkedIn now got Applications, so obviously there is an API. There is even a Twitter application! But sadly only for searching not for tweeting.
Brendan Aiello December 18th, 2008
I would love to publish my status on LinkedIn via twitter. It would save me so much time!
D. Todd Smith December 22nd, 2008
Guys, you’ve GOT to enable LinkedIn users to update status via Twitter. Facebook and Plaxo have this capability, and honestly, my inability to do so has hampered my use of LinkedIn. The API is obviously there. Please allow us to sing LinkedIn’s praises by solving this problem!
Mario Sundar December 22nd, 2008
@Todd,
Thanks for the feedback. We’ve received quite a few comments around that theme. Stay tuned.
Mario from LinkedIn
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Wendy Merritt January 2nd, 2009
My vote is for the Twitter sync! Have you read any of new stats on Twitter lately? I think you will find that a Twitter LinkedIn sync will only improve and increase your user base.
blessings,
Wendy
Twitter: WendyMerritt
Mario Sundar January 5th, 2009
@Wendy,
Have you tried the Company Buzz app on LinkedIn that pulls relevant tweets on your company from Twitter?
Mario from LinkedIn
Dennis Kittrell January 14th, 2009
Is there an update on twitter integration? It seems like a pretty simple integration considering that the API already exists. Heck, Twitter’s CEO is practically around the corner from your office.
There is not a huge need to have status updates at all without allowing connection to the clear leader in the space.
Akash January 17th, 2009
When I add a new connection, E-Mail notification is sent to all connections which I don’t want to happen.
Is there a way to block this?
Laz Allen January 25th, 2009
oh yes update Linkedin status with Twitter 1+
Chad January 26th, 2009
Add another vote for Twitter status integration.
Vadim January 26th, 2009
I also would like to see twitter status updates.
Kevin Bruce January 26th, 2009
Count my vote in for a Twitter Sync!
Charles Crosbie January 27th, 2009
Another vote for a Twitter sync feature, as available for Facebook, please/thanks!
http://twitter.com/CharlesCrosbie
Mario Sundar January 27th, 2009
Thanks for the Twitter sync votes :) As a Twitter user myself, I understand the benefit of syncing my LinkedIn status with Twitter. However, personally, I wouldn’t want to sync my Twitter feeds with my professional network! Feel free to clarify what kind of a sync (1-way, 2-way, etc.) you’re referring to. Stay tuned to the blog for further updates.
Mario from LinkedIn
Jason Scanzoni January 29th, 2009
I agree that a twitter sync would be useful. Everyone in my department has a separate account on twitter to update each other on what we’re doing each day. I already use the plaxotwitter sync.
http://twitter.com/jscanzoni
Dwayne Melancon January 29th, 2009
I would also like to have LinkedIn update my status to reflect my latest Twitter tweet (I’m http://twitter.com/thatdwayne)
Paul Russell February 7th, 2009
Mario,
You make a great point about not wanting to import all tweets into a professional network.
How about this:
Have LinkedIn pull all the tweets from a users public feed, but have an option that only tweets with #LinkedIn or #LI are published as LinkedIn status.
That way users can update LinkedIn through twitter without cluttering the LinkedIn status from twitter when appropriate, and use twitter without impacting LinkedIn otherwise.
Paul
Mario Sundar February 7th, 2009
Thanks @Paul!
Hashtags are definitely not common even among Twitter users, but it’s definitely an option to consider. I’ve passed that along to the appropriate product team.
Moreover, you’re probably aware that you can use a service like ping.fm to broadcast your status to multiple social networks at the same time?
Mario from LinkedIn
Don February 10th, 2009
Nice feature, but please open an API to Twitter! It would be great to enable status updates from Twitter.
Dave February 23rd, 2009
Yes, it would be great to have the status being updated from twitter. My status has been set to “I wish this could be updated from twitter” for a while now. People have been calling for this for over a year (on this thread anyway).
Ignoring the “@” symbol would make sense, these are often simple replies – my facebook twitter update does that. But if people don’t want to pollute their ‘professional’ page with twitter ramblings then they should have the opportunity to not do so, no-one is talking about making it compulsory to link the two.
I’m doing more and more on facebook because of a lack of this kind of thing here. Linkedin is seeming more and more like a simple CV site to me now.
Enhancements for me would be, as I’ve rambled, a twitter link to the status. And also a full portfolio ability including the ability to upload documents (word, pdf), video of professional presentations and other things … do some googling of e-portfolio.
David February 24th, 2009
Almost a year since this came up. Where is it?
LinkedIn needs full capability to pick up all the common micro-blog feeds. Twitter, Friend Feed, Facebook, etc. I would think this should be a top-of-the-list item.
Donny February 25th, 2009
The status feature is quite promising, however I think that it should show a trail of what I was doing before my current status (trail). Also instead of sending out update emails every time I switch to a new project/task/status I should be able to opt to generate an RSS feed that can be used in my blog or elsewhere. RSS is less intrusive than email which can be spammy to my network
Bill McGonigle February 26th, 2009
I just cleared my LinkedIn status since I noticed it was 9 months old and long since relevant. I’ve probably done a hundred Twitter updates since then, which have automatically showed up on my blog, Facebook, IM status, screensaver, etc., but not on LinkedIn. Lately I’m making more professional contacts on Facebook and that’s where people are looking for my status updates. I just found myself on LinkedIn for the first time in months; there’s no daily unique content (like status updates) to keep me looking frequently.
The obvious answer for ‘unwanted’ tweets not appearing on LinkedIn is to not turn on the sync. Or run a professional account on Twitter. Ping.fm is the wrong way to do it – I don’t need to trust them with my LinkedIn password, so I don’t, and it seems like asking for trouble to recommend users do so.
But the problem of having to update your status in multiple locations has been solved, they all pull from Twitter now. People who experience automation seldom support manual processes thereafter. I suppose it’s possible that those of us who have automated centralized status updates represent a technoevolutionary dead end. It seems unlikely.
waldenl February 26th, 2009
Here’s another +1 for the twitter -> LinkedIn status update. @Mario, update is simple, if I tweet something that does not contain an @xxxx then update my linkedin status with that tweet.
Jeff Belina March 6th, 2009
Yet another request for Twitter -> LinkedIn status…
Hmmm… there’s scripts to link to Twitter from SQL Server, and from PowerShell… but not LinkedIn. :(
Thanks,
Jeff
http://twitter.com/jbelina
Jeff Coleman March 7th, 2009
Agreed. Add LinkedIN already. I’ve been checking for a year now…still nothing posted.
Matt G March 11th, 2009
I will never use LinkedIn to update my status. Integration is key. Twitter updates my blog, Facebook, etc… this is a no brainer LinkedIn, I’m shocked that it isn’t already implemented. =/
Andrea Denaro March 12th, 2009
Count my vote in for a Twitter Sync!
Thomas J Graf March 12th, 2009
I’ll throw my Twitter hat into the already crowded ring. I also agree with the comment that if you don’t want all of your tweets showing here, keep a personal and a professional Twitter account – one feeds FaceBook, etc, the other feeds LinkedIN, Plaxo.
http://twiter.com/tjgraf
David Frerichs March 12th, 2009
Another vote for having LinkedIn pull status from my Twitter account.
Naisan March 12th, 2009
Um. . .twitter feed into linkedin status anybody?
Peter Berkman March 18th, 2009
+1 for allowing Tweets to update my LinkedIn status!!! come on, FB does this! :)
Tony Hollingsworth March 23rd, 2009
Hey there
Enjoyed this thread, which I stumbled upon via a Google Search for “status update via Twitter”
I’d also like to see LinkedIn provide for status updates to be automatically posted from Twitter.
For example I find it incredibly useful to have Twitter update my Facebook status – it creates serendipities and builds community. See my recent blog post: http://tonyhollingsworth.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-should-be-on-twitter-creating.html
I’m really liking the direction all the online communities are going – there is a merging of business/professional/personal networks which many will want to keep separate, but others will want to see leverage off each other.
I like the new “social” and interoperability features of LinkedIn this year, and look forward to more.
Best regards,
Tony Hollingsworth
http://twitter.com/hollingsworth
Heath April 17th, 2009
Another vote for a way to update status from Twitter.
Jay Palace April 21st, 2009
Another vote for a way to update status from Twitter.
The concept of having one update service for your personal network and another for business is flawed. When I travel to a city for a leadership development program, I want to alert my friends as well as my business contacts.
When I find an interesting article or post, there both business followers and classmates who want to see this.
Jay Palace
http://twitter.com/GEL_Sailingteam
Tony Ballinger April 22nd, 2009
Another vote for a way to update status from Twitter.
Andrew April 23rd, 2009
+1 for twitter integration. I use twitter to update various statuses, so 1-way from twitter – linkedin would be fine for me for now, but 2-way would be a nice addition.
Peter April 24th, 2009
How do you add an active link to your status update?
James Brashear May 14th, 2009
+1 vote to let Twitter update LinkedIn status.
tom May 19th, 2009
i like hashtags (for facebooks selective tweets exists using #fb) and one way (twitter->linkedin) status update is fine.
Mario Sundar May 20th, 2009
Thanks, Tom, for the feedback!
As someone who’s an avid user of both Twitter and LinkedIn, I’ve recommended similar functionality to the teams here. Stay tuned for breaking news on feature functionality – either here on our blog or at http://twitter.com/linkedin.
Mario from LinkedIn
Jeremy Neuharth May 31st, 2009
I would vote for selective twitter updates. For example I can put #fb in a tweet to update Facebook. #li could do the same type of functionality for Linkedin. The thing is I use Twitter for both business and personal, but Linkedin for business and Facebook for personal. Just my 2 cents.
-Jeremy
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Nicolas Gonzalez Garrido July 6th, 2009
1 more vote for twitter status update
:)
Please?
D. Todd Smith August 1st, 2009
It is a major flaw that I can’t update my LinkedIn status through Twitter (actually Tweetdeck). Integration with Facebook and Plaxo is seamless. I like LinkedIn and am not usually one to gripe, but what could possibly be taking so long?
Sébastien August 20th, 2009
Well i guess they just don’t want to do it because it’s not on the top of their priorities :)
Barbara September 2nd, 2009
As mentioned by several people already since status updates were added to LinkedIn, I would love the ability to post my status updates to my website. The network feed doesn’t make sense – why should my site visitors care who just connected to who, and which of my connections changed their status? However, a feed of my own status updates would potentially add value to my website.
Dirk Frey September 8th, 2009
@Barbara- I’m forwarding your comment over to the Product Manager who is over the Status Update feature for consideration in future updates. -Dirk
dave bremer September 8th, 2009
Dirk – you’re forwarding a suggestion about using the linked-in status updates on people’s websites, but no response about allowing updates to be set from twitter?
I have noticed that the social-net sites that I frequent the most are the ones which also allow integration. Coincidence or consequence?
Bottom line is that I (and many others) use twitter to update status on numerous sites, including my blog. The idea that linked-in is locked out from these updates simply makes linked-in less relevant.
NB not totally irrelevant, its got some purpose for me or I would have stopped checking in by now. But it’s really low on my radar primarily because of the lack of integration with other sites.
Dirk Frey September 8th, 2009
@Dave- Understood. I’ve forwarded your comments as well as others about Twitter to the PMs for consideration as well. Thanks for your feedback.
Kevin Verma September 9th, 2009
+1
I am looking forward for status updates via Twitter, I’ll follow this blog & thread for future development on this topic.
Dave O'Reardon September 25th, 2009
Come on guys, time to catch up with the rest of the world! This twitter/linkedin request seems pretty popular but hasn’t been acted on in over a year and a half.
All I want is for my business tweets to update my LinkedIn status. That’s it!
Abhishek September 30th, 2009
Facebook has a selective twitter update app. Any twitter update which ends with #fb updates the facebook status. I recommend something similar. This way, not all my tweets end up on facebook.
Most of my status updates are on twitter with facebook being secondary. I would like to be able to end a twitter update with, say, #lnkdn or a shorter hashtag and it show up as my Linked In status update.
Terry Doherty October 20th, 2009
I’m with Dave – “All I want is for my business tweets to update my LinkedIn status. That’s it!”
Someone has figured it out, but it I sure can’t! and there is no help in the forums, either.
Paul Hyland October 22nd, 2009
Here here – I’ll add my voice for linking Twitter with LinkedIn status. I use the Facebook application Selective Twitter Status, and it works GREAT. I definitely don’t want my status changed every time I tweet, but if I could add a #li hashtag to the end to update my status too, that would be excellent.
Andrea Denaro October 23rd, 2009
I’ve been searching a solution for a long time…
Actually the only way I know is using ping.fm that seems to be the unique posting service integrated to linkedin too.
Terry Doherty October 23rd, 2009
I found a great tutorial on how to use ping.fm to update the status here in LI and it is working well … I’ve also been able to streamline some other service notifications. I’m not a gadget geek and I figured it out.
http://www.slideshare.net/gxjansen/twitter-2-linked-in