Yes, I realise it's November.

But with the current supply chain issues around the world I thought I’d try and get in quick with my Christmas requests.

And these are all I’ve ever wanted for the platform!

So please, please, please Daniel Roth

Make 2022 a good one for us creators.

PLEASE 🙏

Okay so where to start

VIDEO

(you knew that was coming didn't you 😆)

Better video analytics

- across the board, things like watch time and proper falloff metrics would really, REALLY help us creators understand what is and isn’t working across our video content.

Auto captioning

- Youtube has it, just saying!

Time stamps

- wouldn't it be great if we could jump to a particular section of a video by referencing it in the comments or the post itself to that people could jump to the salient information really quickly. Yes Nick, yes it would.

COVER STORIES

Upload from desktop

- whilst I love the fact you guys have added SRT integration, the fact I have to switch between my desktop and my phone is a little fiddly. Make it happen and I’ll cross you off the naughty list dev team.

Auto Captioning

- as above please guys 😉

Proper editing of the preview section

- to add a specific section of video which is separate from the main video and allow us to actually preview it properly so there is no guess work with the framing, or better yet. Just give us a 9x16 template and show us where the preview section sits in that (you're welcome). Also allow us to choose between a still frame or video here as well. Cheers.

A simple on platform editor 

- to make really simple tweaks to the front or end of video (yep I know I’m asking a lot, but you don’t ask you don’t get my old dad used to say). Also the ability to overlay stickers onto the cover story as well.

Handy dandy for people who want a quick and dirty cover story!

Cover story metrics

- really useful to check if these are converting. Who viewed them and watch time is all I’m asking. I'm not a greedy man. PLEEEEASE!

Okay, so profiles next!

PROFILES

DM and calendar integration

- at the very minimum you’d think you guys would have office 365 integration (since you are owned by Microsoft), but iCal, google calendar or dare I say it Calendly integration in our DM’s to make the sales process a bit smoother wouldn't hurt.

Heck I’d even pay for it if you tagged it onto Sales Nav, just saying.

Virtual PA integration with our DM’s

- I get not everyone needs this feature, but since we can’t allow other people to access our accounts, at the very least allowing our virtual PA’s to manage out DM’s would be really useful.

My DM’s make me weep at the best of times and this would help alleviate the suffering. Remember every-time a DM pings, an angel (and a PA) gets its wings!

Red dot when awayAndy Foote for this one) so people don’t unnecessarily spam you whilst away. 

- (thanks to 

A really quick, simple at a glance option to see when you aren't there or are temporally away. 

Maybe a traffic light system. 

Red 

- Away.

Amber

- Working.

Green

- What are you waiting for, smash my DM’s like your life depended on it!

No more see all on the featured section

- I have a ton of useful stuff on my featured section that people have to jump through another hoop to get to (and I'm sure I'm not alone).

Don’t let my prospective customer get stuck like Santa down the chimney. Let’s banish that see all like the ghost of Christmas past, back to where it belongs please.

Subscribe to newsletter feature on profile

- a simple button ought to do the trick, but then I’m no UI expert.

Allow us to retract a connection request so we can add in a connection note

- the amount of time I accidentally click connect only to realise I haven't sent a note (mainly done on mobile). Allow us to correct our stupid human mistakes by undoing and then resending please.

Make it easier to send a personalised invite via mobile

- the main reason for the above, making the user experience consistent across devices would be AWESOME!

NEWSLETTERS/ ARTICLES

Omit our own view data from newsletters/ articles

- how very timely of me (since LinkedIn just added the newsletter option for everyone that has creator mode enabled). If there is anyway at all to take our own view count out of the article it would be really useful as it ends up polluting our data, and we all know what good clean data means! That's right. Prizes.

FEED

Organise by date and time stamp

- third party tools allow you to organise posts by date and time stamp, at the very least a monthly views would be good.

Saves my wrists from falling off as I scroll past two years of content to get to my first post 😉

A lot to ask I know, but if even some of these get implemented I'll be a happy bunny in 2022!

Nick Raeburn age 44 and a half, I promise I’ll leave some mince pies and sherry out this time!