Does LinkedIn Need an Incognito Mode?

With the troubles LinkedIn is having in China and Russia, this post seems ever more relevant to make the company more germane, at least, here in the United States.

​In 2021, I left LinkedIn. The feedback that I was getting on my articles was "muted." By this I mean that too many individuals had come to realize that LinkedIn--as a social media platform--will not necessarily get you a job, but it sure can keep you from getting one: just the "like" of an article may come back to haunt you in a job search.

So, "Does LinkedIn Need an Incognito Mode?" Just a few years ago, my answer to this question would have been an emphatic, “No!” My initial experience with anonymous forums was not pleasant. But I learned, and to prove that old men can change their opinions, I am, now, just as insistent in my “Yes!” … with some qualifications.

LinkedIn needs to provide its users, not with a “cloak of secrecy,” but a “veil of protection” to encourage honest, intelligent feedback on matters that should be of a real concern to the economic welfare of our country. 

​This is why, and a suggestion of how it might work.

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