LinkedIn Group Additions

As mentioned yesterday, LinkedIn promised to have added features to their group functionality today….and they do.  It may take a while for this to become a means for business communication, but it seems to be a good start (I have had 3 people comment on my discussion thread since the start of writing this blog…about 15 minutes).

Each group has its own homepage which has tabs on the top for different areas (similar to the New Facebook profile setup) including the new discussion area:

Currently the homepage is primarily focused on the new discussion feature, but may be an area for further tools such as a video or photo uploader.

The Discussion Section shows the most recent discussions as the focus of the page, but offers more recent discussions, recent comments, most comments, my discussions, and my comments on the side navigation:

The Members tab offers a heightened view of the members of the group.  It also offers a convenient new member name search:

All in All I think LinkedIn has done a great job with the execution of these new features.  It took them some time to get them implemented, but the time was well spent.  The features feel right for the environment and in time should really help the purpose of the LinkedIn groups.