Comments on: A LinkedIn Strategy For Everyone http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/archives/a-linkedin-strategy-for-everyone/ Using LinkedIn to find, get found, and network your way to success! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: stylock http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/archives/a-linkedin-strategy-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-34 stylock Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:19:30 +0000 http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/?p=46#comment-34 Tom, I appreciate your comment The number 50 seems artificial, and that point is valid - but would it make a difference if the number were 30, 80, 100, or 150? You're right in that the problem was that they never set a limit, so any limit is going to be a change. I don't believe they'd set a limit of 50 and then try to go even smaller than that - if anything, they might set a limit and then relax later. Your account is probably not an abusive one, but I've definitely seen users with more than 500 groups - that appears quite excessive... And since LinkedIn has to impose a limit for that population, they probably tried to get a limit that was larger than most users, but within the limits of what their system can handle if everyone joined half that number. So my best guess at an unstated reason - the few accounts running with more than 100 groups were causing significant software problems for LinkedIn and they had to "fix" it. steve Tom,

I appreciate your comment The number 50 seems artificial, and that point is valid – but would it make a difference if the number were 30, 80, 100, or 150?

You’re right in that the problem was that they never set a limit, so any limit is going to be a change. I don’t believe they’d set a limit of 50 and then try to go even smaller than that – if anything, they might set a limit and then relax later.

Your account is probably not an abusive one, but I’ve definitely seen users with more than 500 groups – that appears quite excessive… And since LinkedIn has to impose a limit for that population, they probably tried to get a limit that was larger than most users, but within the limits of what their system can handle if everyone joined half that number.

So my best guess at an unstated reason – the few accounts running with more than 100 groups were causing significant software problems for LinkedIn and they had to “fix” it.

steve

]]> By: Tom http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/archives/a-linkedin-strategy-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Tom Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:17:30 +0000 http://www.linkedinpersonaltrainer.com/?p=46#comment-33 The problem with the limit as I see it is that its being put into place after the fact with an arbitrary limit (Facebook has a limit of 200, but they have always had that). What happens in the future, if next week someone decides the ideal limit should be 20 or 2? Secondly, it goes against the whole consumer generated media thing where we the users are creating, voting and deciding with our behavior. So there are two reasons against the limit. I have my reasons for being in more groups. Basically for SEO and for a wider search capability etc. Just don’t see a valid reason for having fewer groups at this point. If a good reason was made clear I might be for it? [I’m a heavy user, early user and have always been a paying user. Never an abuser] The problem with the limit as I see it is that its being put into place after the fact with an arbitrary limit (Facebook has a limit of 200, but they have always had that). What happens in the future, if next week someone decides the ideal limit should be 20 or 2?

Secondly, it goes against the whole consumer generated media thing where we the users are creating, voting and deciding with our behavior.

So there are two reasons against the limit. I have my reasons for being in more groups. Basically for SEO and for a wider search capability etc. Just don’t see a valid reason for having fewer groups at this point. If a good reason was made clear I might be for it?

[I’m a heavy user, early user and have always been a paying user. Never an abuser]

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