Postbag voice note from Ashley Leeds about negative effects of invitations not being accepted.

This week, I've seen lots of people reporting very low impression counts.

Microsoft/LinkedIn official stats for the end of October 2026

My LinkedIn membership tracker

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A few points to consider on what it means to have different experiences of LinkedIn.

Voice notes for the Postbag:

• Mark Lee: adverts in the feed and posts referred into the feed
• Mic Adam: post visibility set to 1st connections only, and event issues
• Tamas Banki: do reposts affect my own original posts?
• Mary Wu: connect or follow first?

What is your experience of LinkedIn?

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Postbag

• Mary Wu: post boosting
• Mic Adam: company pages
• Ashley Leeds: LinkedIn groups
• Nicky Oliver: company verifications and newsletters

Company page comment blocking and removing people from a page

Pinned comments return

New recommend / super like reaction for Premium members

My interview on Embracing Marketing Mistakes

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Postbag question by Ivan Tobias: What are the biggest misconceptions you've found building other people's LinkedIn profiles that other LinkedIn experts perpetuate?

Can your LinkedIn profile URL reveal your account's age?

Native bold support for text

LinkedIn newsletter analytics and visibility

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Voice note questions from Steve Bruce, Hanne Møller, Ashley Leeds, Mary Wu, Darren Millings, and Mic Adam. The questions cover these topics: endorsements, languages, percentage of content creators on the platform, batch tagging, licenses and certifications, About sections, connection strategy, and profile updates – plenty!

Tips for feed relevance:

• Unfollow or even disconnect with the people you're not interested in.
• Use the "not interested" option where appropriate.
• Mark posts and comments as AI slop if appropriate.
• Create a custom content search for topics by a named group of creators.
• Use the new Network tab at the top of the feed to show updates from only your 1st connections and people you follow (I don't have this yet but it's coming soon).
• Send more comments and DMs in the direction of people you *do* want to hear from, as this is a strong algorithmic signal of what and who you care about.

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The Postbag includes voice notes from Mark Lee, Ashley Leeds, and Lynnaire Johnston.

Suggested LinkedIn fixes:

• Exact date and time on posts & comments
• Batch delete notifications
• Pinned comments
• Combine split DM threads from the same person
• Rich text support in posts
• Reorderable sections in LinkedIn profiles
• Update image option when editing posts and comments
• Folders and tags in direct messages
• Block option for company pages
• Muted words & phrases option
• Away message option for non-connections
• Export option for newsletter subscribers
• Block voice notes option in direct messages
• Videos and audio in comments
• Voice note transcriptions in DMs
• Send DM voice notes on desktop
• Reintroduce audio events
• Folders and tags for saved posts

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Postbag questions and contributions from Hanne Møller, Mary Wu, Gillian Whitney, Mic Adam, and Mari-Liis Garcia.

Private connection notes are here for Premium members.

How many active users are there on LinkedIn?

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A look at some of the basics of your LinkedIn profile's top card.

Plus, voice note contributions from Lynnaire Johnston and Mark Lee.

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