LinkedIn Groups: Discussion Forums

On Tuesday afternoon I wrote this Twitter:

This evening I (and many of you) had this email:

Cause and effect…well, actually no.  But we’ve all been asking for this for a long time. The fine print reads:

This Friday, we will be adding several much-requested features to your group:

• Discussion forums: Simple discussion spaces for you and your members. (You can turn discussions off in your management control panel if you like.)
• Enhanced roster: Searchable list of group members.
• Digest emails: Daily or weekly digests of new discussion topics which your members may choose to receive. (We will be turning digests on for all current group members soon, and prompting them to set to their own preference.)
• Group home page: A private space for your members on LinkedIn.

I’ll be back Friday with a screencast on what I found, in the meantime, if you love Application, Network Performance & Security Testing, join us at LinkedIn.

–Kyle Flaherty