The social networking site LinkedIn has introduced "Member Blocking," a new feature which would allow members of the site to control who interacts with them.
With the new button, which was introduced on Friday, users would be able to take control of their privacy through their privacy settings. A user can limit who can get to see his/her profile, direct interactions, and block members whom he doesn't want to be connected to.
"We built this feature not only because it was a feature our members requested, but because we also knew it was the right thing to do. I'm pleased to share that we are rolling out a new Member Blocking feature today to all LinkedIn member," said LinkedIn Trust and Safety Head Paul Rockwell in the company's blog site.
Rockwell said that before they created the feature, they have considered many aspects first like products and features to incorporate, and user interface that they had to develop.
Though he said that creating this is just appropriate, he still advises users to think twice before blocking another member. Instead of blocking, users may choose to set one from a number of other features like: "Profile Viewing," "Photo Visibility," "Activity Broadcasts," "Customize Your Public Profile," and "Disconnecting."
"Profile Viewing" is an option that lets users enable anonymous viewing while "Photo Visibility," is a feature that lets users choose who can see their pictures.
"Activity Broadcasts" feature allows users to manage who can see his profile, make recommendations; "Customize Your Public Profile" feature that allows users manage existing connections to other members, and; "Disconnecting," a feature that allows users to delete connections to another member.
However, if a user still opted to block a person, he won't be able to access that person's profile and even send messages, and vice versa. Recommendations and endorsements from that person would also be removed from the profile, and both users would never receive recommendations from each other again.
