LinkedIn is testing a TikTok-like feed for vertical video

LinkedIn is testing a brand new feed of TikTok-like vertical movies. The characteristic hasn’t been publicly introduced however it’s been noticed by customers in current days and the corporate the assessments to TechCrunch.

In response to shared by Instagram worker Jenny Eishingdrelo and a video posted by influencer advertising exec Austin Null, the brand new feed will seem in a separate “video” tab within the LinkedIn app. Customers will be capable of scroll vertically to maneuver between clips, very like TikTok or Instagram Reels.

It’s not the primary time the corporate has hopped on a stylish format. LinkedIn beforehand experimented with a for disappearing posts. That characteristic lasted a yr, although the skilled community on the time that it wasn’t finished with its video experiments, saying it was working “to evolve the Tales format right into a reimagined video expertise throughout LinkedIn.”

Presumably, LinkedIn is hoping the feed will showcase content material from its ranks {of professional} creators and thought leaders, a lot of whom are already posting video to their feeds. Nonetheless, it’s not clear how lots of the web site’s customers are excited by a devoted video feed for workplace-related content material.