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Can identical groups be combined on LinkedIn?
Can identical groups be combined?
I have found 9 identical groups for Iowa State Alumni (and at least 6 Minnesota groups and 3+ Iowa Groups) using the new group search feature. I am in process of joining and contacting these group leaders to see if we can all join into a single group and get their approval and buy-in. Is there a way to do this? if all the group owners agree, It seams like this would be advantageous to both the users and LinkedIn to reduce overlapping groups and clean-up the site a bit.
Thanks,
--Ben Burnett
I have found 9 identical groups for Iowa State Alumni (and at least 6 Minnesota groups and 3+ Iowa Groups) using the new group search feature. I am in process of joining and contacting these group leaders to see if we can all join into a single group and get their approval and buy-in. Is there a way to do this? if all the group owners agree, It seams like this would be advantageous to both the users and LinkedIn to reduce overlapping groups and clean-up the site a bit.
Thanks,
--Ben Burnett
I’m happy with new search, but waiting
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Inappropriate?Hi Ben,
Surprised no one responded to this because in today's heat this question is very valid and should be expanded to encompass whether subgroups should be on LinkedIn. As a group is created properly it should refer to another site as LinkedIn currently doesn't offer anything of a kind. Once there you can have reference to all the sub groups and forums included in the group. It is or should be normal attitude for those signing up to a group to do some investigation and learning. I do this and it results in the 50+ groups I have signed up with that I can easily eliminate 20 and then I have only gone through 20% of my groups cause it is taking time if you want to do it professionally.
For those who want to see the broader scope, if you can use the today's SEO functions, you will be fascinated what you can find out and make links yourself or any correlation.
Gentlemen, the world is connected, make use of it with the technology available. Things ill improve, surely. And I hope that LinkedIn's announced improvements of inteeractivity are giving an entrance to Web3.0 environment. I am sure it will, even if it is not completely the way we want it. We will get there ... be patient.
Having said that, both LinkedIn and its user community have the responsibility to clean up the wild growth and to ensure that visibility / transparancy is the future...
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Inappropriate?I noticed they just added a "feature" to flag a group as being a duplicate. But what are they doing with flagged groups? And which one is considered the original, and which is the duplicate?
There is one set of groups I'm a member of, where due to the former lack of SEARCH, that are at least a DOZEN duplicate groups. With no good way to merge the groups, there's no simple fix. And it seems rather silly to be a member of a dozen groups each with the same logo. And no one group currently gives me access to ALL the collective group members.
We need the ability to not just flag duplicates, but to automatically merge them. Especially with the artificial limit on the number of groups you can join. The "workaround" in the FAQ just isn't sufficient.
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?So whre is LinkedIn's response to this???? I thought the point of Get Satisfaction was for them to READ and RESPOND!!!! As I write this it says there are 13 employees "listening and participating". How about some participation?????????????
I’m totally frustrated
