Latest / The Missing Manual Show
The LinkedIn Button That Lies to You
Halfway into a conversation about LinkedIn visibility, Jenny Cotie Kangas realized a month of posts had never reached her profile. Julia Levy had been tagging her as a collaborator on every Missing Manual post. LinkedIn collaborator posts only appear on your profile after you accept the invite, and Jenny never had.
Worse, the Accept button stays on screen after you click it, so the only way to check is your own profile. Jenny opened a browser agent on the spot and had it work back through every invite while the recording kept going.
That moment opened up the bigger question of what…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.