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Lionel Guerraz voice note about content reach

Come to UpLift Live Nano Bristol on 17 September 2026 – a chance to ask your LinkedIn questions direct to me and get yourself a live LinkedIn profile review!

Creator Marketplace and company page collaborations

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Voice notes with feedback from Nigel Cliffe and Meena McDonald

Native GIF support in LinkedIn comments

Wend game

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Discovery analytics for in and out of network viewers

Should you comment on content where you don't expect to reply?

Why you shouldn't delete AI comments on your posts

Why you shouldn't use "comment X to get Y"

Video tab arrives on mobile

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More chat about AI on LinkedIn, plus the return of a feature in the mobile app.

Trevor Lambert about AI

Ross Thorpe about AI – check out Rooverse

Ashley Leeds about profile URLs

Trudy Pannekeet about group DMs

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Video tab returns to UK, Australia & Canada

Connect button on mobile prompts for a note

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Judi Radice Hays: feedback on birthdays

Jeremy Freeman: LinkedIn newsletters

Kathie York: Since LinkedIn likes to see engagement within the first hour of a post, is it still bad form to be the first commenter? One reason I ask: having a link in a post hurts our 'reach.' What are the rules, now, for placing the link in a comment we create? And what happens to that comment if someone reposts our post?

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875 LinkedIn employees (5% of workforce) sacked!

Is AI slop really going away? We need a "report as AI" feature!

"Nonconsensual intimate imagery" warnings.

How to find the date and time of any post or comment on LinkedIn: see my free tool at jesp.me/date

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What happens when you need to change your plans?

Lionel Guerraz: commenting and its effects on topic authority.

Judith Rafferty: how do we deal with birthdays on LinkedIn?

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The main topic is about changing your schedule on LinkedIn and whether it's OK to post about different topics.

About statement previews are now 6 lines long on mobile. Desktop previews are still 4 lines long.

UpLift Live Nano Bristol: our conference's little brother event is on Thursday 17 September 2026 at The Watershed in Bristol. Come to learn about LinkedIn and network. You get lunch, and if you're brave I'll review your LinkedIn profile in front of the room. Use code EARLY10 for a £10 discount until the end of May. Standard price is £59.

I'm off to Creator Day in Poole this week. See you there?

Off-topic food post

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New membership figures for LinkedIn are out. Let's take a look at the stats for this quarter.

• Richard G Abrahams on post impressions.
• Steve Messenger on comments being turned off on every post.
• Lynnaire Johnston on verification concerns.

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• LinkedIn member results via Microsoft.
• I signed up for Premium All-in-One.
• Comments reduced from 1250 to 1000 characters.

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How do you report someone and what happens when LinkedIn ignores your feedback?

See Melanie Goodman’s post

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LinkedIn has a new CEO: Daniel Shapero

Content DNA is 6 years old – read sample chapters

Espresso+ members now get the full 32-chapter audiobook for free.

What comment features do you want?

Crosscheck AI feature

Your LinkedIn headline matters

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