An intriguing new feature went live today: “What’s new in my network”, a new infobox on the XING start page, gives you live updates on the latest developments within your own personal network. After deliberating about what best to call this new infobox, we went for “What’s new in my network” because that’s exactly what it shows. From today onwards XING members will be able to see at a glance whenever a direct contact joins a new company, gets promoted, connects to a new contact or edits their profile data.
I have to say I’m already quite addicted. Now the first thing to do after logging in to XING each morning is to check what’s been going on in my network. The feature is completely user-configurable – both in terms of the information you wish to be informed about and the updates you wish your contacts to see. You can configure your privacy settings here.
The new feature is also available as part of the XING Powersearch and as an RSS feed. And even on the move you won’t miss out on the latest news: It’s accessible on any Internet-enabled cellphone, including the iPhone, PDA and Blackberry.
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I’m unhappy with this feature. Most people are not aware of the transparency rgis causes. You should not offer the preinstalled configuration with full visibility. Pls rethink this. And somehow it doesn’t fit into Xing’s philosophy…
I was very impressed – some activity tracing of your direct contacts. Sure it makes more visible what is going on …
But if you want to network – i think it’s very very useful.
Karl
Love it. It adds a more dynamic aspect to our network. Very similar approach to Facebook in the sense that we get to see what our network is up to. I’d probably consider adding a few more things to this, but it’s definitely a good start.
well done, thank you XING for this awesome feature!
First impression like Cem Basman, but after the first weeks, it is a helpful tool to benefit from your own network.
well done.
very interesting.
i’m adding in RSS Reader