Manage what you are alerted about, and how this happens.
LinkedIn wants you to be clicking and returning to its website as much as possible.
That's not healthy for your time management.
Take time to adjust your key settings for sanity and clarity.
They key area of your settings is Under the Communications section. Reach this with this shortcut: — https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/categories/communications
There are three sections here, which each have subsections below them. We'll look at these in turn.
I recommend you start at the the top and work your way down. It will keep you a lot saner if you spend some time turning off things here.
The subsections all have a 'master switch right at top right. So you can turn off or turn on absolutely everything in that section.
It's worth spending your time diligently here. I recommend, at first, just switching off the elements you are sure you don't need.
If you are still getting too much noise in your notifications, come back here to adjust further and trim things back.
You really don't want to miss the more important things, like when there is activity on a post you are tagged in. You can always switch off notifications for a specific post if it's spammy or annoying.
This is of course very similar in look, feel and function to the previous 'On LinkedIn' section. There are master switches to help you manage your email inbox.
Shortcut is https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-channels/email
Again, the best advice is to go through each section deliberately, and try paring things back as suits you.
I don't like LinkedIn cluttering my inbox too much, but I like some things to be there for the record. You may prefer to just get your notifications on LinkedIn itself, or through Push notifications.
But go with what suits you best, and remember you can always come back to adjust things.
This is what is 'pushed' to your mobile device. This means notifications will will pop up on your mobile phone or tablet. Some of the push settings also apply to desktop.
Shortcut is https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/notification-channels/push
This looks and feels the same as the other two sections I've already described.
Again, my advice is to take your time and eliminate things if you find you are getting distracted too often.
Tip: Remember you can control notifications at a system level on your mobile device. So you can just switch things off there when you want to focus more.
Try out changing things here.
LinkedIn wants to monetise your eyeballs. It wants you constantly clicking. Scrolling. Responding. Reacting. So it wants to flood you with notifications for everything.
That's maybe good for them, but probably not for you.
This is where you take control. And you can always adjust things.
I hope you've found this interactive guide useful. If you have any questions about anything, do get in touch with me.
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