LinkedIn is one of the bigger social networks. Many people, companies, and organizations are around and publish digital content to a large user community.

As usual, the algorithms of digital platforms kick in, and the information feed gets bigger and bigger. What used to be interesting and helpful has become a huge pile of digital garbage.

Now it is time to take back some control.

Please find a set of instructions to remedy the situation. It mostly a click adventure, but it is worth it.

  • Part 1: One-time or regular cleanup of “My Network”

    • Connections: Think about removing connections.
    • Following & followers: Make sure that this list only contains proper content providers.
    • Pages: Same here, do you really want to see all this in your timeline?
    • Groups: Think about leaving groups.
    • Newsletters: Just unsubscribe.

  • Part 2: Default sorting of posts in your feed

    • Often, LinkedIn is set up to show you the most “relevant posts” first.
    • You can change this in your account preferences under “General preferences” –> “Preferred feed view” to “most recent posts”.

  • Part 3: Keep going and unfollow

    • Feed: If you see a post and starting to scroll rightaway, think about unfollowing the person/organization.

PS: You should also conduct a roundtrip through your other LinkedIn settings.