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August 05, 2008

 


Changes to LinkedIn Groups- Please take the time before this limit goes into place

from an official linkedin update (via mail)

Changes to LinkedIn Groups 

LinkedIn

Dear Andrey,

As an active member of LinkedIn Groups, we wanted to let you know about some changes we're putting in place in the coming weeks.

We are in the process of adding new functionality to enhance the experience of Groups, including the recent release of a searchable directory. We are also working with our development teams to bring new tools and widgets to this collaborative space throughout the rest of 2008.

We are also at this time making some changes to the user-created groups we host. These changes include adding a limit to the number of user-created groups any LinkedIn member may be part of at one time. Currently we are setting that limit at membership in 50 (fifty) user-created groups.

You are currently a member of XX groups. Please take the time before this limit goes into place on August 14, 2008, to choose which groups you would like to maintain. To remove yourself from a group, go to the My Groups page and click the word "Settings" next to the group you wish to leave. At the bottom of the settings page click the text "Leave this group."

We would appreciate it if you would please take this action within the next 10 days. If you would prefer, after 30 days we will automatically keep the first 50 groups that you joined and remove the rest.

If you would like assistance removing yourself from groups, or if you have any other questions, please contact us at http://linkedin.custhelp.com or groups@linkedin.com.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you, but we hope you will continue to find value in LinkedIn and especially enjoy the new functionality of LinkedIn Groups that is coming soon.

Regards,
The LinkedIn team

 

my 5 cents:

the Groups on LinkedIn were always quite useless... and now becoming even limited?

Keywords: linkedin, linkedin groups, social networking, web 2.0, business networking

Posted by andrey.golub at 06:45 | |


Comments

  1. I agree. The groups do what? Basically nothing. Not even a comment area. Now there is a limit on how many you can join? Must be some reason behind this. Maybe LinkedIn needs more storage space ;-p? Who knows...who cares? Those groups are basically useless. They only help gather more connections.

    Posted by Francesca Ambrosini on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 03:57

  2. Yep, I truly believe LinkedIn has done all this mess to finally implement the normal groups on their platform!
    It couldn't long for too much anymore- any other Social (Business) Platform has Groups support and LinkedIn till today has only "spamm/mail lists" useful for the group owners and nothing else :(

    let's keep hope! otherwise people will continue using Facebook/ Ning to communicate better with their LinkedIn contacts, so INVITING those people to another Social Networks! (not too good for LinkedIn)

    Posted by Andrey Golub on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 06:46

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