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Our members have long been requesting a forum for open professional conversations that they can share with the wider web.
So I am very pleased to announce the launch of Open Groups on LinkedIn.
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- Groups,
- New LinkedIn Features
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I’m pleased to announce a much requested addition to our existing group moderation toolset, which we launched recently to help group managers reduce spam and maintain a high level of quality in professional group conversations. Starting today, group managers can adjust user permissions to determine an approval process before that content is displayed. This allows group managers to weed out spam before it pollutes your groups conversation stream.
Managers now have highly granular control over the type of content requiring moderation, and they can determine the duration of a “trial period” by setting the number of days a new member has to be in the group before being able to post freely. The flexibility of this new tool will also apply to digest emails that group members have signed up to receive each week.
- Topics:
- Groups,
- New LinkedIn Features
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Since its roll out at the end of June, the new groups interface has already significantly increased member participation, measured by user comments and visits to Groups. We’ve also been listening to user feedback from many of our active groups on LinkedIn. In the spirit of continuous improvement, we’re excited to present the first set of improvements to how Groups can be moderated that we’ve incorporated after hearing from you.
1. Delete threads directly. One of the biggest concerns group managers have had is around spam and how best to manage it effectively. Starting this week, we’ve made it very easy for moderators to actively fight spam by deleting inappropriate content from the “More” tab on any LinkedIn groups’ thread.
- Topics:
- Groups
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Starting today, we’re rolling out some updates to LinkedIn groups – the first major update since we launched discussions in Groups at the end of August 2008. This is the first of upcoming upgrades to our groups’ platform, conversation system, and moderation toolkit coming shortly. Please bear in mind that these updates will be rolled out over the next week, by when you should see these feature updates applied to your groups.
Here’s a quick video that walks you through the key features you can expect from the new LinkedIn Groups. More details after the jump.
- Topics:
- Best Of,
- Groups,
- New LinkedIn Features
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A couple days ago, we launched several new features aimed at enhancing the professional conversation in LinkedIn groups. We call one of those features “following”.
Following makes it easier for you to see contributions made by your connections and other people you value within your groups. To get you started, you’re already following all of your connections and they’re following you. But it doesn’t stop with your connections: to follow someone who is not a connection, just click “Follow Their Name” under their name on a discussion page or on the Member page in your group.
- Topics:
- Groups,
- New LinkedIn Features