Is linkedin reach becoming harder to predict?

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one post can get decent impressions and the next one barely moves even with a similar topic. anyone else seeing this?
 
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its normal situation.try to find which time your connection people active that time you post and reply your post quickly.its make your post more reach
 
I don’t think topic alone determines reach anymore. The hook, timing, early engagement, and how long people actually stay on the post seem to have a bigger impact.
 
lang xiao said:
one post can get decent impressions and the next one barely moves even with a similar topic. anyone else seeing this?
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sure does feel that way these days. sometimes a post u think will do great just fails while a seemingly insiggnificant one goes viral all of a sudden. i guess that the first few engagements do count but there is always an element of chance involved too.
 
Exactly! You see LinkedIn, you just can't predict what will work. I gave up long ago. I just post what and when I want. Because your best post is the one that will not get as much as a glance. Let's keep hoping there is a strategy to win though
 
Yeah i’ve noticed that too even when the topic and format are pretty similar i’d look more at engagement and how people respond to the post rather than expecting every upload to get the same level of reach
 
lang xiao said:
one post can get decent impressions and the next one barely moves even with a similar topic. anyone else seeing this?
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Totally man most of the time it just seems totally random. It appears that early commenting on others posts is much more likely to grabs the initial algorithm than actual gud content itself.
 
lang xiao said:
one post can get decent impressions and the next one barely moves even with a similar topic. anyone else seeing this?
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yeah totally agrees linkedIn can be quite fickle when it comes to distribution, despites how similar the content may appear. honestly first hour engagement appears to be important
 
lang xiao said:
one post can get decent impressions and the next one barely moves even with a similar topic. anyone else seeing this?
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Yeah sometimes it feels like the algorithm is promoting content erratically. Did you post in the same time frame though?
 
thats pretty normal.try posting when most of your connections are active and make sure reply to comments quickly.
 
lang xiao said:
one post can get decent impressions and the next one barely moves even with a similar topic. anyone else seeing this?
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Yess I am seeing that too. It takes tiny changes in the hook or initial comments to affect the reach significantly. That is why I judge a post by several results.
 
yeah linkedin can be really random sometimes the post you think will do well gets ignored while something simple suddenly gets attention mostly just post when something to share and hope the right strategy starts working
 
yeah linkedin can be pretty random sometimes you can put effort into a post and barely get any attention while something simple suddenly takes off i mostly just post when i have something worth sharing and dont stress too much about trying to predict the result
 
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