LinkedIn UX Failures: How Bad Design Drives Users Away From Professional Networking
Update: 2025-10-23
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Brian and Eve talk about how LinkedIn was once a useful product and now it's lost it way gaining all the worst noise and anxiety of social media with very little utility.
LinkedIn's UX drives away the professionals it's supposed to serve. We investigate why the feed is full of spam, how the interface prioritizes engagement over utility, and why Microsoft's design decisions make networking harder, not easier. Discussed in this episode: - How LinkedIn's feed algorithm promotes engagement bait over professional content - Why the messaging interface fails basic usability standards - Microsoft's acquisition and subsequent UX degradation - What LinkedIn optimizes for (ads) vs. what users need (networking) - Design patterns that prioritize growth metrics over user value
LinkedIn's UX drives away the professionals it's supposed to serve. We investigate why the feed is full of spam, how the interface prioritizes engagement over utility, and why Microsoft's design decisions make networking harder, not easier. Discussed in this episode: - How LinkedIn's feed algorithm promotes engagement bait over professional content - Why the messaging interface fails basic usability standards - Microsoft's acquisition and subsequent UX degradation - What LinkedIn optimizes for (ads) vs. what users need (networking) - Design patterns that prioritize growth metrics over user value
UX MURDER MYSTERY HOSTED BY Brian J. Crowley Eve Eden
EDITED BY Kelsey Smith
INTRO ANIMATION & LOGO DESIGN Brian J. Crowley
MUSIC BY Nicolas Lee
A JOINT PRODUCTION OF
EVE | User Experience Design Agency and CrowleyUX | Where Systems Meet Stories
©2025 Brian J. Crowley and Eve Eden
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