LinkedIn: Network & Job Finder 12+

Update: LinkedIn heard my prayers and fixed my app. I no longer get kicked out when trying to send direct messages, and the app works generally faster. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to utilize this awesome app to its fullest potential again!

Let me start out by saying that LinkedIn has changed my life in so many positive ways. I found my new career through the app, and started down a journey of positive personal development when I rejoined the platform. Hence the four stars. I needed to take one star away because, at least in the app, it almost always crashes and boots me out when I try to send a Direct Message to someone. I end up needing to go in and retype the message 2-3 times before it will send without crashing and closing out. I know plenty of other people are experiencing the same problem, because they post about it. Please fix this issue, I love this platform for so many reasons, but this is frustrating! Thank you in advance for your attention and all that you do to make LinkedIn the wonderful place that it is! Update: my app has worked perfectly since the last update. No more getting booted out when sending DMs. Thank you LinkedIn!

We appreciate you taking the time to reach out. We'd like to take a closer look at this. Can you please contact us directly with these details here: https://lnkd.in/iOS Thanks! -SM

Top rating primarily because your team is responding to community feedback. I recently submitted two complaints about the document view feature provided in our profile. The viewer UI was unusable on mobile in the past and the content of the document didn't display properly either. Since then it appears the UI has improved and the contents display as expected.

One last request to improve the document feature. Why not make it possible for a native mobile user to swipe the PDF pages? Currently the only method is to move the small slider UI at the bottom. Alternatively if swipe is a problem consider tap affordance on the right side to advance pages. Worst case make the slider easier to target and test to make sure viewers know how to use it. Lastly and related the entire content view often moves when navigating the tiny slider control which seems odd. Since I use the document view feature as a way to share my portfolio it's very important that the UI doesn't get in the way of somebody viewing the content of my document. Cheers.

Thanks for taking the time to review the LinkedIn app. Sorry to hear you're having troubles. Please try to uninstall and reinstall the app. We've found that it works for most people. If you're still having issues after a clean install, email us at https://lnkd.in/iOS so we can look into this.

LinkedIn overall is a great app. I have found great people on there and connected with them to build my network. Also, the learning courses on the site are on par with sites like Coursera, Udemy, etc. I will say that it’s very noticeable sometimes when they change up the algorithm and show me things I’m not interested in, or topics that are meant to spark a negative reaction, but that’s social media for you. One of my biggest complaints is their job section. I’ve applied at over 1000+ jobs through there site, and the furthest I have ever made was “so and so viewed your resume/profile”, or recruiters that ghost me, so I continue to stick with Indeed on that matter. While LinkedIn is great for networking, I do feel putting a face with a name on LinkedIn can work against POC as I have been ghosted many times by recruiters or companies once they view my profile. For example, I talked via email with Company A, Company A LOVED my resume…..then I see someone who works from Company A view my profile…..I get a rejection email a few hours later. Not saying this to trash the app, only telling my experience, but overall, I still would recommend folks to get a LinkedIn page.

Hi There, Thanks for taking the time to review the LinkedIn app, also thanks for the 5-star rating, We'll be sure to share your feedback with our product team. If there's anything you'd like to add to your feedback, please don't hesitate to email us at
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Thank you! IR