Comments on: Announcing LinkedIn’s Searchable Groups Directory http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/ The corporate blog of LinkedIn, the world's largest professional networking site. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:37:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: GN http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-13620 GN Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:16:11 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-13620 Thank you Dirk for forwarding my suggestion to the Product Manager.... Thank you Dirk for forwarding my suggestion to the Product Manager….

]]> By: Dirk Frey http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-13599 Dirk Frey Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:01:33 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-13599 @GN - I've forwarded your feedback on to the Groups Product Manager for consideration in future enhancements. Thanks for your input! @GN – I’ve forwarded your feedback on to the Groups Product Manager for consideration in future enhancements. Thanks for your input!

]]> By: GN http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-13424 GN Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:24:27 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-13424 I would like to see a search capability within groups. Typically in a group you have tabs for Overview, Discussions, News, Jobs etc... So if I wanted to search for a string e.g. "IT Manager" under the tab Jobs or Discussions, I cannot do so. I would like to have a search within a Linkedin Group where I can specify the string to search as well as the tabs to search within the group. I would like to see a search capability within groups. Typically in a group you have tabs for Overview, Discussions, News, Jobs etc… So if I wanted to search for a string e.g. “IT Manager” under the tab Jobs or Discussions, I cannot do so. I would like to have a search within a Linkedin Group where I can specify the string to search as well as the tabs to search within the group.

]]> By: Haryyaksha http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-12028 Haryyaksha Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:53:27 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-12028 I really liked this site before, but now it has gone for the worse. If this is a social networking site, then everyone should be free to join as many groups as one wants or at least a sizeable number of groups. The max 50 group criteria is really "SAD". If this is just to minimize the size of the back end database and limit it to 50 columns, then I would say the management in linkedin is extremely short sighted. Is linkedin cash starved? Being frugal in terms of spending on infrastructure is good, but that should not be done at the cost of business expansion (when yours is already a popular site). You are losing your USP this way. These days even sending an invite has become extremely painful, with some strange warning coming, asking to remove "web site addresses" in the invite content, even when there is none. Whats happening to linkedin??? I really liked this site before, but now it has gone for the worse. If this is a social networking site, then everyone should be free to join as many groups as one wants or at least a sizeable number of groups. The max 50 group criteria is really “SAD”. If this is just to minimize the size of the back end database and limit it to 50 columns, then I would say the management in linkedin is extremely short sighted. Is linkedin cash starved? Being frugal in terms of spending on infrastructure is good, but that should not be done at the cost of business expansion (when yours is already a popular site). You are losing your USP this way.

These days even sending an invite has become extremely painful, with some strange warning coming, asking to remove “web site addresses” in the invite content, even when there is none. Whats happening to linkedin???

]]> By: Dirk Frey http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-11556 Dirk Frey Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:59:39 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-11556 @Frank - Thanks for your feedback! I did forward this on to the Groups Product Manager to look at. -Dirk @Frank – Thanks for your feedback! I did forward this on to the Groups Product Manager to look at. -Dirk

]]> By: Frank de Reus http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-11472 Frank de Reus Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:20:48 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-11472 I agree with Julia (feb26) that I would like to see more about the group (activities, members) before joining it. The current blurb is far too short to judgde whether a group is useful. The only thing you can do is joining the group and then see... More detailed info before joining the group may also help limit the size of the group and the number of the applications. Frank I agree with Julia (feb26) that I would like to see more about the group (activities, members) before joining it. The current blurb is far too short to judgde whether a group is useful. The only thing you can do is joining the group and then see… More detailed info before joining the group may also help limit the size of the group and the number of the applications.
Frank

]]> By: dirkfrey http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-7678 dirkfrey Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:49:01 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-7678 This is our attempt to control the growth of a group so that the owner does not become overwhelmed with maintaining and accepting requests to join. We have recently expanded the size limitation on groups. If this is still an issue please let me know. This is our attempt to control the growth of a group so that the owner does not become overwhelmed with maintaining and accepting requests to join. We have recently expanded the size limitation on groups. If this is still an issue please let me know.

]]> By: Albert Thomas http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-7342 Albert Thomas Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:51:18 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-7342 I just found out that a group I started now has 1000 members and no one else can join. Here I was thinking that LinkedIN was helping bring together so many of us who went to school in India but are now spread around the world and LinkedIn says no more than 1000 people can be members of this group. I wonder what rational reason there could be for this. After all, the members choose to join the group so it is not like the managers are adding people to spam. :-( I just found out that a group I started now has 1000 members and no one else can join. Here I was thinking that LinkedIN was helping bring together so many of us who went to school in India but are now spread around the world and LinkedIn says no more than 1000 people can be members of this group.

I wonder what rational reason there could be for this. After all, the members choose to join the group so it is not like the managers are adding people to spam. :-(

]]> By: Julia http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-6518 Julia Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:02:17 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-6518 Two points to make on Groups: 1.) I'd like to see more robust fact-based profile of a group before I join it. Currently, I read the editorial blurb and 'jump in' hoping it might be decent - and it is hit or miss. What I'd like to be able to see is the group's level of participation and activity e.g. number of discussions started per week, average number of comments to a posted discussion, growth rate of participation (preferably visualised) 2.) There really doesn't seem to be much difference at all between Groups and Answers. Both host questions and average a short number of responses. How can these features become more distinct, offering more unique value? J Two points to make on Groups:
1.) I’d like to see more robust fact-based profile of a group before I join it. Currently, I read the editorial blurb and ‘jump in’ hoping it might be decent – and it is hit or miss.

What I’d like to be able to see is the group’s level of participation and activity
e.g. number of discussions started per week, average number of comments to a posted discussion, growth rate of participation (preferably visualised)

2.) There really doesn’t seem to be much difference at all between Groups and Answers. Both host questions and average a short number of responses. How can these features become more distinct, offering more unique value?

J

]]> By: Joe http://blog.linkedin.com/2008/07/08/announcing-the-3/#comment-5939 Joe Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:35:20 +0000 http://wptheme.site/?p=63#comment-5939 What I don't understand is why LinkedIn tries to limit not only how many groups you can be a part of, but the size of the groups too. There is no rime or reason to it either. Some groups have literally thousands of members while others that LinkedIn doesn't like are limited to 1000 members. It seems to me that it shouldn't be up to LinkedIn to limit any membership to a particular group. The idea of a social networking site is to network. Limiting members of a group is contrary to that very notion. What I don’t understand is why LinkedIn tries to limit not only how many groups you can be a part of, but the size of the groups too. There is no rime or reason to it either. Some groups have literally thousands of members while others that LinkedIn doesn’t like are limited to 1000 members. It seems to me that it shouldn’t be up to LinkedIn to limit any membership to a particular group. The idea of a social networking site is to network. Limiting members of a group is contrary to that very notion.

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