Tip: When writing an activity update on LinkedIn
Following on from my post about the limits on the additional fields displayed when you share a link in an activity update, Tip: When Including URLs In LinkedIn Status Updates, here’s one about the character limit for the LinkedIn activity update field and where it truncates…
Character limit on field:
The LinkedIn activity update field (equivalent to Facebook’s status update field) has a 600 character limit, e.g.:
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What this looks like:
Screen shot of LinkedIn Activity Update field (Taken 16 September 2013)
When displaying, truncates at:
It truncates at the last full word, so there may be some minor variation:
News feed:
Activity updates truncate at 294 characters in the news feed:
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What this looks like:
Screenshot of truncated activity update in LinkedIn news feed (Taken 16 September 2013)
LinkedIn profile:
Activity updates truncate at 274 characters on your profile page:
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What this looks like:
Screenshot of truncated activity update on my LinkedIn profile page
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