LinkedIn has made an announcement Update its professional community policyIndicates what is allowed and what is not in your various LinkedIn communications.
The updated policies aim to provide more insight into specific elements of app-intensive engagement – because people, especially women, use LinkedIn as a hook-up site for sick users who like the look of their profile picture.
That’s not the only reason, but of course, Harassment reports are increasing through LinkedIn’s InMail.
Explained by LinkedIn:
“As part of our updated policies, we are releasing a set of expanded resources for members to better understand our policies and how we apply them, including detailed examples of content that are not approved and how we manage account limitations. Although harassment, hate speech and other offensive content are not permitted on LinkedIn, any comments or behaviors we add go against us Professional community policy“
This Update formatLinkedIn’s new policy overview includes specific categories that are not allowed in the app, with links you can click for more information.
Follow the links and you’ll be taken to the relevant LinkedIn help article, which also has a section that shares more specific explanations about what is not allowed in the app.
The goal is to provide more direct insights into what you can’t do with the app, and as engagement continues to grow across LinkedIn, it is understandable that, logically, LinkedIn is going to see more interactions that violate these terms.
And as mentioned, women are unequally targeted by such activities.
A report by CTV Canada Last year it was found that many female LinkedIn users get regular Unsuitable messages from men, who often reach out to women saying they find them attractive. Fast Company reported in 2020 Posts by female users are often targeted ‘Humor, marginalization and even complete hatred’, although LinkedIn is an anonymous platform compared to others, many other women have reported Similar advances or attacks By app users.
There is a specific policy against LinkedInSexual inconveniences and unwanted progress‘, Which includes more examples of what is not now allowed.
But it’s also a bit annoying that it’s necessary – and really, it seems to be the main focus of this new update, providing more context about what you can’t do in the app, which is really a wide range of common work ethic and ethics.
It seems like it should be given, and all users should be able to be employed in a professional manner, but of course, like any widely used platform, there will always be something that pushes boundaries and breaks rules, especially if these rules are vague.
That’s what LinkedIn wants to make clear, and hopefully, this new format will make it easier for people to understand what the app can and can’t do.
You can check out LinkedIn’s updated Professional Community Policies Here.