LinkedIn Users Can Now Control Who Sees Their Posts

LinkedIn is giving users the ability to control who can see and comment on individual posts, allowing content to be shared with select audiences.In addition, changes are coming which will let users adjust their content preferences in the main feed.Here are more details about everything LinkedIn announced today.Restricting Audiences for Individual PostsBy default LinkedIn posts are visible by all a user’s connections and followers, unless they’ve changed visibility settings at the account level.Users can now specify the audience they want to reach when creating a post.Restrictions can be set at the post level, which gives users the flexibility to share posts with everyone and share other posts to specific audiences.When creating a post, users can choose who will see it by selecting from the following options:Anyone: Any web user on or off LinkedInTwitter: Share with anyone and also post to TwitterConnections: People you’re directly connected to on LinkedInGroup members: Members of a group you belong toEvents: Attendees of an event you RSVP’d toBased on the examples provided there doesn’t appear to be an option to create custom audiences for posts.Something along the lines of what Instagram allows users to do with Stories would be helpful here. Instagram lets users share…
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