Making the most of the “What’s new in my network” feed

“What’s new in my network” is one of the best loved and most used features on XING. It lets you see right on your start page (which you can customize) what’s happening right now in your own personal network. Perhaps a contact has uploaded a profile attachment, decided to attend an event or joined a new group … This feed let’s you know about it in seconds! Clicking on “more” or the respective Powersearch option gives you the complete list of updates.

Setting up the box on your start page

Did you know you can configure this box in other ways too, turning it into a never-ending flow of useful information from your network? Clicking on the pen symbol in the top right corner opens up your Options. Then all you have to do is check the boxes for all the things you’re interested in – and uncheck all the rest, eliminating any news items from the ticker that aren’t relevant. You also have three different options for the number of updates shown at any one time.

Control what other contacts see in their “news”

Taking a different perspective on things: There are sometimes situations where you don’t want your entire network find out about certain changes: perhaps you changed your “Wants” as you are looking for a new job, or you made new contacts that might lead people to guess prematurely that there is a possible corporate partnership in the pipeline.

All you have to do here is make the necessary adjustments in your Privacy settings. Don’t forget though: Even if changes to your profile don’t appear in your network feed, there will of course still be visible on your profile.

Our tip: Set up an RSS feed

We recommend subscribing to an RSS feed of “What’s new in my network”. To do this, simply click on the particular Powersearch as mentioned above, then on the “RSS feed for this page” button in the top right-hand corner. You will be asked to provide your XING login details once again – then you’ll receive the feed that you can integrate into your email program, your browser or your feedreader of choice.