New Start PM

LinkedIn pulled a sneaky move.

I often switch my feed from most relevant to most recent because of the overwhelming number of sponsored posts and poorly disguised ads. A couple of weeks ago, when I tried to re-sort my feed to most recent, I noticed the feature was missing.

"As part of these improvements, we’ve removed the sort filter on desktop for some members, bringing the experience in line with the LinkedIn mobile app, where content is already organized by relevance and recency. This change is part of our ongoing effort to make your feed simpler and more streamlined."

Now, you have to dive into your settings to change how the feed is sorted.

But wait:

"If you are located outside of the European Economic Area and in the Most Recent feed view, you will see the updates most relevant to you in reverse chronological order."

If I change my settings, I will still receive the "most relevant" feed. What?!

Product teams, don't do this. This is, to put it nicely, gross.

As more people adopt generative AI to produce content, a feedback loop that worsens AI models' output could be created. I hadn't heard of model drift, but it makes sense.

This quote stood out for me:

Models that train on AI-generated data are subject to a problem called model collapse, wherein “indiscriminate use of model-generated content in training causes irreversible defects in the resulting models.”

https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2025/02/06/why-ai-models-might-degrade-over-time

Why AI models might seem to perform worse over time Issues like data drift and increased hallucinations can arise as certain AI systems get more mileage on them.