linkedin groups

Imagine my surprise to receive a mail from Linkedin saying that the Groups function will no longer be abusable, and members will only be able to have a max of 50 Groups on their profile from now on. This will limit the ability to source from specific tech groups who have unfortunately been over-run by overzealous recruiters for some time now. Real people with real tech skills looking to join a real Group have been turned off by being contacted about jobs from having their details associated with a Group, despite having a profile indicating they are not on the prowl. I run my own group on Linkedin and get multiple requests from dozens of individuals who have no visible connection with the subject of the Group, they simply want another badge for their profile. People with this type of ambition ruin it for the rest of us, and now LI have taken some action.

Recent Linkedin features

The most-excellent Linkedin (powered by Sun Microsystems) has introduced some upgrades, with more to come and there's talk of a general UI makeover, you can get a sneak preview here. Not a whole load of info on it yet but the customisable modules look interesting - it appears they are trying to reduce your dependency on other online information resources. The messaging tool is pretty handy and the way in which you receive updates is more informative.

They have also opened up to the Developer community to allow them to build on the Linkedin platform through the use of API's and widgets - pretty cool, and more info is viewable here