Ankit Malhotra’s Post

Okay … so its not just me who got annoyed by this 😂

A number of years ago, I was in a weird space. I had not communicated with people for a long time. On my birthday, I got messages from several people here on Linkedin that lifted my mind from the valley it was in at the time, and that episode inspired me to hit a button today to wish people well on their birthdays. How did so many people I have not met physically know my birth date? Well, they got notifications on their respective profiles. You think it's unnecessary to get such notifications? Wait until the notification is about you.

I don't know why but I'm not too fond of this new feature. It's confusing, when I clicked on my network and saw this red icon I was expecting a new connection request but what I got was birthday notifications. LinkedIn should fix this because UX-wise, it's not good and I think it's misleading.😶

LinkedIn is now no more a place where aspirants can truly find showcase their talent and find potential jobs. It has become a place of garbage job posts, sitting from 3-6 months and getting promoted without removing or reposting new one if someone is hiring for same position again. So least to be expected that they will take this post on consideration, I still support you Ankit Malhotra and others who are facing these issues and having no more trust on LinkedIn

Well I think it's a good feature. This reminds me that this platform is not just adding a connection in your list who can give you business. This feature reminds us that this platform is also about nurturing relationships. How? 1. Supporting each other 2. Boosting morale or sharing love in a corporate world where everyone is running in a rat race by congratulating or wishing them on their special days or achievements. Anti social feature is to simply ignore/ turn off this notification as this is exclusive to other notifications.

Hi Ankit, LinkedIn is indeed a professional network, but it's also a social one. Celebrating birthdays and achievements spreads smiles and positivity. Who wouldn't enjoy receiving birthday wishes? It can be a great icebreaker and helps build genuine connections. Networking shouldn't be purely transactional; making someone smile can bring a lot of joy. Imagine if only a few people, or none, acknowledged your achievements or birthday. We need to spread more love, smiles, and positivity. Cheers!

Yep, I HATE this new system. I do actually appreciate the 'catch-up' stuff but it needs to be somewhere else. Not where we are used to seeing connection requests. Unfortunately, I suspect nothing will change because they want to drive engagement up, and don't care about user sentiment nearly as much as their vanity metrics. This change will allow them to say things like 'engagement on LinkedIn increased by X amount in H2' because they'll be counting any time someone hits the 'like' button under catch-up ad an engagement. All of the changes they've been pushing (AI comment replies, AI suggested message text) are aiming to drive more engagement, but makes the site worse to use. They might see a spike for the short term, but it's a long-term strategy that is going to make people hate the platform more than some already do, and will significantly decrease the usefulness of any conversation held on here. Already, most posts have numerous, useless 'AI spam' replies that say absolutely nothing of substance.

I always say this that 90% of LinkedIn notifications are irrelevant.

I think it is the LinkedIn intended behavior, make you waste your time with false expectations that can hopefully drain a little your time and have you seeing ads too much more time. I am every day thinking more LinkedIn has nothing else to offer, they do not want you to find your dream job or client because it is bad for their business not having you doing circles in the doom scroll of things you already read, copy pasted posts, generated by chatgpt posts and highly uninteresting and contradictory metaphors of life. If at least LinkedIn provided posts relevant to your professional development it could be mildly fine, but most of LinkedIn is pure crap made to keep you wasting your time instead of developing your career.

#linkedin knows that you expect only connection request But There was a decline in "no. of times users like you open linkedin in a day" Its important matrix so product teams were called at a high level meeting The Group product head defended the team saying it is what it is. He was confronted by many "supportes of management" Then someone who was really getting annoyed beacause of the mindless discussion stood up and said " send useless reminders like birthdays, anniversary, seasonal cough... any shit in the "request tabs" they will think its important snd now app will be opened 3 times a day. Everyone was happy meeting ended Disclaimer: All characters in the above drama are fictional and do not have any resemblence to any emloyee of any big firm ;)