Postbag

Mark Lee and Jeremy Freeman sent voice notes about where to get official LinkedIn info and change logs.

"Seems like AI slop" is a new feature on LinkedIn posts viewed in the main feed.

Update on collaborative posts

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Voice note from Gillian Whitney on out-of-network content viewers

Voice note from Mary Wu on profile URLs, plus some feedback on limiting posts

Get your ticket to UpLift Live Nano Bristol for Thursday 17 September

Collaborative posts

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Postbag

Nigel Cliffe voice note on limiting your post visibility

Ashley Leeds voice note on automation tools

Lionel Guerraz on connecting with your company's CEO

Caryn Yuen on link display in comments

To see what proportion of your network is seeing your posts, go to the Content performance panel in your profile analytics. I've reached about a quarter of a million people in the past year, but only 38% of them are 1st connections or followers.

WhatsApp usernames are now available to reserve

Open the app, go to Settings | Account | Username to reserve yours.

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Postbag

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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