You Are Leaving LinkedIn

When a social media platform is in growth mode, it promotes features that help people discover new sites and does not downrate postings with links. A platform sending traffic around the web is making waves.

Once it reaches a substantial size, the platform no longer wants you to leave it. Links are bad.

Take, for example, LinkedIn.

When you click a link, it displays a message that has the design and wording of a warning: You Are Leaving LinkedIn.

Like many social media platforms, LinkedIn tends to deprioritize posts containing external links. To navigate this, here are some experts’ recommendations:

  • Place the link in the first comment.
  • Include the link immediately after a brief introductory phrase at the start of your post.
  • Consider adding the link directly within the main post text wherever you want
  • ….

The list goes on.

Let us evaluate a different scenario: A social media platform awarding you for exploring the web, gamified:

  • You are leaving this domain for the first time. Congrats! 10pts
  • This is for the 10th time today you visit a new domain. Explorer badge given. 100pts
  • This month you posted links to 100 different sites. Senior explorer badge awarded

That would be a feature I pay for. A social networking helping me discover uncharted territory.

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