LinkedIn: now see who viewed your profile
I have to say, I was surprised by this. Today when I logged into the new LinkedIn (funny, I didn’t see any news on this) I noticed that there was a prominent area to click and see who has looked at my profile. I have used this feature in the past, and it simply showed you “anonymous” viewing data, like “Group Program Manager from Microsoft” viewed your profile. I never got to see who was the actual viewer.
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Upon clicking the link today, I was asked to make my name, photo and title viewable to other people on Profile Stats in order to see any profile stats for my profile.
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When you click on the profile view settings you get this screen which goes into more detail.
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I find this all very fascinating. LinkedIn is pushing the envelope on privacy here (and getting consent).
I wonder how far off Facebook is from shipping this.