On LinkedIn, It may not be a perfect replacement for Twitter, but one thing is for sure: Twitter is a very strange place. This is strange, since today's knowledge workers basically need to stay active on the platform to find work. It's also where a lot of people spend their time reacting and replying to posts by recruiters and recruiters, pretending they're fun and interesting people. Then there are the LinkedIn influencers, all of whom sounded like ChatGPT long before ChatGPT existed.
But perhaps the strangest thing about LinkedIn is its transparency about its monitoring capabilities. While other social networks try to obfuscate the extent to which they track their users' activities, LinkedIn encourages users to participate in collecting behavioral data every step of the way. This is a social network that sends you notifications on a regular basis. Who viewed your profile?.
By default, whenever you view someone's LinkedIn profile while logged in, they will be notified that you saw it. While it's understandable why job seekers would want this information and you might want to follow up if a potential employer is evaluating you, knowing that doesn't make job seekers complete I can understand why it would make you go crazy. Should I email someone and say: “I noticed you were looking at my girlfriend's LinkedIn profile. Did you like what you saw? (I literally died just thinking about doing this. You're reading the words of a real ghost.” )
Think about how weird it would be if every time you scrolled through someone's Instagram grid and saw an old photo, you got a notification that you took the photo. LinkedIn gives those who pay a subscription more complete access to data about who's peeking. Most people can only see a few recent viewers, but paid users can get a complete list of everyone who viewed their profile in the past year.
I find this level of radical transparency a little disturbing. The good news is that you can turn off this notification feature. It's just a little hidden. Here's how to find it:
Change your LinkedIn display options
Visit LinkedIn. Click your profile picture in the top right corner of your browser window, then click Settings and privacy. (In the LinkedIn mobile app, your profile photo appears in the top left; click it to[設定]and follow the same steps below. )
Click in the left sidebar visibility and click Profile display options.
Here you can choose from three options: Name and Headline, Private Profile Characteristics, and Private Mode.
The default selection, “Your name and identity,” will notify anyone who visits your profile page by displaying your photo and job description, along with a link to your profile page. The user then clicks on the link and sends a notification indicating the click. This pattern repeats until the Sun expands and engulfs the Earth. You can prevent this by changing your settings.
The second option, “Private Profile Features,'' simply shows you an overview of things like your occupation and where you live when you view other users' profiles. This makes it sound mysterious, but most of the time it just frustrates everyone because there's no specificity. The third and better option is “Private Mode.” This allows anyone to view your profile page in relative secrecy.
Note that this choice to withhold sharing permissions is a two-way street. If you choose anything other than the default choice of sharing your ID, it will not be visible to others when they view your profile. For me, this is an advantage. Because you'll get fewer notifications from LinkedIn. However, if you find it useful to know who is viewing your profile, it's good to keep this in mind.
