LinkedIn Groups which was considered to be the most key feature of the app is slowly diminishing. The reason is the groups are actively filled with spam and self-promoters which makes it unusable for some users.
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Action
LinkedIn has taken a step in order to increase more engagement on the groups. The company has come up with some new tools and features for the groups.
New Updates For Groups
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Refined Notification
LinkedIn is improving their group notifications to ensure that group members are aware of the new and relevant group posts.
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Admin Suggestions
LinkedIn is giving more power to the group members. Now group members will be able to see the post that has been recommended by the group admins.
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Content Search
LinkedIn is also adding a new feature for the group members through which they can find content and comments based on the keyword.
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Group Sharing
Now group information can be shared on the feed or in the private messages by the group members.
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Filter Members
Group admins will now have an option to choose group members based on categories such as schools, company, industry, and location, etc.
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Post Deletion
Group admins will have the power of deleting all posts, posted by a particular member of the group.
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Moderate New Post
LinkedIn is giving another better option for the group admins i,e they can review all posts before they went to live on the group. Although this feature is so common in other social media platforms but shocks that LinkedIn took so much time to adapt this.
Availability
Above mentioned features are not live on the app as for now but it is expecting that the company will make it available these features very soon.