Manage comments on articles

Last updated: 1 year ago

Members can comment on published articles that have enabled comments. Comments are a great way for members to engage with other professionals on topics that matter the most to them. Friendly discussions and respectful debates are encouraged.

Comments on published articles are visible to other members and are associated with your professional identity. They can be viewed by your network and other individuals on the web. Some published articles may have comments disabled. You can choose to enable or disable comments while publishing an article.

To manage comments before publishing an article:

  1. Click Next on the upper right after writing your article.

  2. Click the Dropdown next to your name on the pop-up window.

  3. Click on Comment control, from here you can:

    • Anyone: Select Anyone to allow anyone who may view to comment.
    • Connections only: Select Connections only to allow only connections to comment
    • No one: Select No one to disable comments

You can also disable comments on articles you’ve previously published. Disabling comments will delete all existing comments.

To disable comments on previous articles:

  1. Locate your article from your recent activity or from the publishing tool.

  2. Click the Comments settings icon below your article.

  3. Select No One to disable comments and then click Save Changes.

To re-enable comments, navigate to Comments settings and select Anyone or Connections only and Save Changes. If you had previously disabled comments, re-enabling comments will not bring back any comments that were deleted.

Here's a tip

The ability to disable comments on an article isn’t available on the LinkedIn mobile app.

To flag and hide abusive or offensive comments made on your own articles:

  1. Click the More icon on the top right of a comment.
  2. Click Report to report the comment.

  3. In the Report this comment pop-up window, select a reason and follow prompts to report the comment.

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