![]() Any “promotional” material will be caught by LinkedIn’s fancy new algorithm and send all promotional posts to be moderated by the Group’s Manager. ![]() So, discussions are now called “conversations”, but while a conversation, to you and me, could easily be discussing a recent blog article that you’ve shared, or perhaps telling your fellow Group members about a new product or service that you have that can solve business problems, those types of “conversations” will now be frowned upon and considered promotional.Īs a result, it is no longer an option to post online articles into groups or any type of product information as a way of generating conversation. 6) Certain “Conversations” will be frowned upon Which means managers/moderators may feel the need to scope out recent conversations repeatedly day-after-day, instead of just checking posts in their moderation cue a few times a day or week, to ensure no spammers make their way in. Along with the lack of control over who joins the Group, managers/moderators now have less control over what is shared. This might be the most controversial change LinkedIn has made. However, a Manager can still remove inappropriate posts and mark specific people as requiring moderation. Not only that but, from now on ALL conversations will be published automatically, WITHOUT the need for the Group Manager to approve it first. 5) Discussions are now called “Conversations” You are no longer able to create SubGroups within Groups and any existing SubGroups will now be considered standalone/independent Groups in their own right. a recruiting Group might have a individual SubGroups for In-House recruiters, Agency recruiters and RPO. In the past, many large organisations liked to divide large Groups into SubGroups e.g. So, as part of the new changes, all Groups are now considered private and members-only, which means that in order to view group conversations, and to participate in them, you have to be a member. These were notoriously filled with spam and lacking in productive conversation. There was a time when some LinkedIn Groups were “Open”, which meant anyone could join them without the permission of the Group’s administrator. There is no such thing as an open Group anymore. Only the Group’s Manager can invite members to join the Group. They will not appear in search results, they will not appear on personal profiles (unless one of your fellow Group members looks at your profile), and they will not be listed in the LinkedIn directories. An Unlisted Group is essentially a “Top Secret” Group.This new alteration takes away the power from the Group Manager and gives it to all Group members. They will show up in search results, but unlike Private Groups of old, ANY member of the Group (not just the Group’s manager/moderator) can invite any of their first-degree connections to join the Group and also approve new members. Standard Groups are very similar to the current Private groups.Instead of Open and Private, Groups are now considered Standard or Unlisted: 2) Open and Private Groups are now Standard and Unlisted Groups Once you reach 100, you will need to withdraw from a Group before you will be able to request to join a new group.Įach Group must now only have one owner, up to 10 managers, up to 50 moderators and up to 20,000 members. You can now own/manage up to 30 groups at one time, and be a moderator of up to 50 at one time. But what exactly has changed and, more importantly, how will it affect you and your use of the feature from now on? Let’s find out: 1) You can join more Groups than ever beforeĪccording to LinkedIn’s updated Group settings, the limit of Groups you can join has been raised from 50 to 100. Yay! And there has also been a big focus on improving the quality of conversation within Groups. Thankfully, the main theme of the updates is simplification and making Groups easier to use. What’s changed in LinkedIn Groups?Īs previously mentioned, on October 14 LinkedIn began rolling out a new version of LinkedIn Groups for all members that sees a number of changes – changes that are only starting to impact many of you now. So, for the sake of recruiters’ and sourcers’ sanities everywhere, we decided to list and explain all of the most important changes being made to the features. There are several important changes of note, many of which will directly affect how you use Groups today. On October 14th, LinkedIn began undertaking a massive overhaul of its current Groups feature.
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