Those of you who have attended one of my social network investigations presentations would know this, but if you do NOT want people whose profiles you view on LinkedIn to know you've done so, follow these steps:
- sign on to LinkedIn;
- scroll over your name in the upper right-hand corner of your screen and click "Settings";
- re-enter your LinkedIn sign-in information if necessary;
- scroll down to "Privacy Settings" on the right side of the page and click "Profile Views";
- select the radio button for how LinkedIn users will see you when you look at their profiles -- from your name and headline (most transparent), to anonymous profile characteristics (less transparent), to completely invisible;
- click "Save Changes" and you're done.
If you use LinkedIn as one of the many social network sites to research individuals, I recommend you become invisible. I have.
3 comments:
thanks Roy!
My understanding is that as one pays more and more (I think it goes into the hundreds of dollars a month) to be a higher and higher level member of Linkedin one gets greater and greater access.
Are we ABSOLUTELY sure that our profiles and activities are invisible even to those Membership Gods?
"Anonymous said...
My understanding is that as one pays more and more (I think it goes into the hundreds of dollars a month) to be a higher and higher level member of Linkedin one gets greater and greater access.
Are we ABSOLUTELY sure that our profiles and activities are invisible even to those Membership Gods?"
That's just swell. Everyone that joins Linkdin gets to compete with members of Goldman Sachs and their sub prime taxpayer fueled fraud-profits in a game of social darwinism involving giving all your money to Linkdin.
It's times like these that make me happy I'm on the right side of history.
....Sun
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