Misinformation Sneaking into Linkedin
Until recently Linkedin seemed like the social platform that had the least misinformation, the least spam, and the strongest comments. Its refreshing to have that and I think Linkedin members appreciate it and want to keep it that way. But lately there is an increase in comment spam; and they are often subtle. For example an article about electric cars might get a comment from someone who claims to be into sustainability, and then they say how ugly a Tesla car is, or how terrible EV batteries are. Sometimes they are worded in an awkward way and its hard to even understand some of the comments.
There is an Easy Solution
Facebook has a feature that few people use, perhaps they do not know it is there but its very useful: you can Hide a comment.
If you post an article, and someone makes a spammy comment, if its really bad you can Delete it - but Hiding it is better. When you Hide a comment on Faceobook, no one sees it - except the person who made the comment. That means they are unaware it was hidden. This helps everyone, it makes a discussion more civil, and there is no angry backlash from the comment author.
I would love to see Linkedin add a Hiding feature People who post articles need this, and there might even be more senior people posting if they know they can control the comment flow in a more flexible manner.
If you post an article, and someone makes a spammy comment, if its really bad you can Delete it - but Hiding it is better. When you Hide a comment on Faceobook, no one sees it - except the person who made the comment. That means they are unaware it was hidden. This helps everyone, it makes a discussion more civil, and there is no angry backlash from the comment author.
I would love to see Linkedin add a Hiding feature People who post articles need this, and there might even be more senior people posting if they know they can control the comment flow in a more flexible manner.
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