Dear LinkedIn: It’s Not Me, It’s Your Notifications...

Is it just me, or has LinkedIn become that overenthusiastic friend who really wants to tell you everything, all the time?

I’m talking about notifications. Not the helpful “someone messaged you” type, but the “Tom from Doncaster liked Lauren’s post in Bognor Regis” variety. Lovely for them - but what’s it got to do with me?

The dilemma:

• If I turn notifications off, I might miss something important.

• If I leave them on, I’m being cc’d into a digital conversation I never joined, and my notification tab starts looking like Times Square on New Year’s Eve.

All I really need from LinkedIn is:

• Does anyone want to talk business or catch up about something actually relevant?

• Who’s been checking out my posts or profile? (It’s not vanity - it’s insight!)

  
  

I know the game: more notifications = more clicks. Just like my phone apps, nudging me to look now.

But navigating LinkedIn is becoming an Olympic sport. I just want to scroll through my feed without feeling guilty for not acknowledging that Janet liked a webinar replay from three months ago.

Am I alone here, or is anyone else feeling a bit... over-notified?