LinkedIn recently made some changes to the user interface of Groups section. Like most of their recent updates, the changes seem focused on providing a cleaner user interface that helps you perform tasks faster (fewer clicks to get what you need). Here are a few of the changes you will see in the latest update:
- Look and feel – changes have been made to make conversations feel like “real” conversations you have in everyday life. For example, if I want to tell you about an article, you see the info from the article, not just a link to it. Pictures and links to profiles help you recognize the people participating in the conversation. You can quickly check on the status of a conversation by see the last 3 comments (and who made them) in the conversation.
- In addition to being able to quickly review conversations, you can quickly comment inline – you don’t have to scroll all the way to the end of the conversation in order to leave a comment.
- You can vote and comment on parts of the conversation. This allows you to quickly identify the most popular parts of the conversation.
- By following people, you can receive email notifications when your favorite people make a contribution to a conversation.
- Groups now highlight the Top Influencers – people who contribute and stimulate group conversations
Here is a short video from the folks at LinkedIn which shows some of these new features in action:
So what do you think of these new features? Will they help you in your networking efforts?
