領(lǐng)英(LinkedIn)希望自己不僅僅是一個(gè)發(fā)布最新職業(yè)動(dòng)態(tài)的網(wǎng)站。
這家專(zhuān)業(yè)社交網(wǎng)站希望與其他社交媒體爭(zhēng)奪用戶(hù)的關(guān)注度,,以及隨之而來(lái)的廣告收入,,它正在推出人工智能和智力游戲等新功能,以吸引用戶(hù),。
微軟(Microsoft)旗下的社交網(wǎng)站最近添加了日常游戲功能,,用戶(hù)可以通過(guò)這些游戲鍛煉自己的智力,并在人脈網(wǎng)絡(luò)內(nèi)比較分?jǐn)?shù)高低,。該公司還增加了一系列人工智能功能,,涉及用戶(hù)的個(gè)人資料和貼子發(fā)布等方面。
領(lǐng)英主編丹尼爾·羅斯表示,,這些新功能的目標(biāo)是提高用戶(hù)使用該社交媒體網(wǎng)站的頻率,,并留住用戶(hù)。
羅斯對(duì)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》表示:“我們的目標(biāo)是讓用戶(hù)養(yǎng)成這種日常習(xí)慣,。用戶(hù)登錄領(lǐng)英后,,能夠分享知識(shí),、獲取知識(shí)、找到信息和內(nèi)容,?!?/p>
其中一款新智力游戲是Queens,用戶(hù)需要戰(zhàn)略性地放置王冠,,使每行和每列都只有一個(gè)王冠,。另外一款游戲Pinpoint需要用戶(hù)根據(jù)一系列相關(guān)詞匯確定一個(gè)常見(jiàn)類(lèi)別。羅斯對(duì)《財(cái)富》雜志表示,,這些游戲的玩法相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單,,但對(duì)于希望“讓大腦休息一下”的用戶(hù)來(lái)說(shuō)也是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。除了支持用戶(hù)公開(kāi)發(fā)布得分外,,領(lǐng)英還會(huì)跟蹤用戶(hù)玩游戲的頻率,,以鼓勵(lì)用戶(hù)保持這種日常習(xí)慣。
羅斯在郵件中告訴《財(cái)富》雜志:“我們已經(jīng)看到了這些游戲如何激發(fā)對(duì)話(huà),,建立聯(lián)系,,甚至在全球職場(chǎng)人士中引起了健康競(jìng)爭(zhēng)?!?/p>
使用游戲提高用戶(hù)參與度的策略是一次冒險(xiǎn),,它已經(jīng)超出了該公司作為一個(gè)職場(chǎng)社交媒體網(wǎng)站的初始愿景。但這種策略在其他媒體公司已經(jīng)過(guò)檢驗(yàn),,被證明是行之有效的,,包括《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》。2023年,,《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》的NYT Games應(yīng)用下載量達(dá)到1,000萬(wàn)次,。
據(jù)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道,領(lǐng)英稱(chēng)在6月份,,其每分鐘的內(nèi)容互動(dòng)達(dá)到150萬(wàn)次,,創(chuàng)歷史記錄。去年,,由于收入增長(zhǎng)連續(xù)八個(gè)季度同比放緩,,因此該公司的20,000名員工中,有超過(guò)5%遭到裁員,。
去年晚些時(shí)候,,領(lǐng)英開(kāi)始向付費(fèi)用戶(hù)推出有ChatGPT支持的人工智能附加功能,旨在為專(zhuān)業(yè)人士提供個(gè)性化服務(wù),。該公司還增加了“合作創(chuàng)作文章”等功能,,可幫助匯總用戶(hù)對(duì)不同商業(yè)主題的想法,并附上由人工智能生成的摘要。該公司還推出了人工智能工具,,幫助招聘人員編寫(xiě)向潛在員工發(fā)送的信息,。
雖然有些用戶(hù)抱怨人工智能提供的建議過(guò)于“機(jī)械”,但羅斯表示,,這些增強(qiáng)功能幫助公司的付費(fèi)用戶(hù)同比增長(zhǎng)了25%,。
羅斯在發(fā)送給《財(cái)富》雜志的電子郵件中表示:“為了幫助專(zhuān)業(yè)人士和公司在瞬息萬(wàn)變的時(shí)代繁榮發(fā)展,我們推出了自己的人工智能驅(qū)動(dòng)增強(qiáng)功能,,旨在支持用戶(hù)提高效率和成功幾率,,以實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的遠(yuǎn)大志向?!保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
領(lǐng)英(LinkedIn)希望自己不僅僅是一個(gè)發(fā)布最新職業(yè)動(dòng)態(tài)的網(wǎng)站,。
這家專(zhuān)業(yè)社交網(wǎng)站希望與其他社交媒體爭(zhēng)奪用戶(hù)的關(guān)注度,以及隨之而來(lái)的廣告收入,,它正在推出人工智能和智力游戲等新功能,以吸引用戶(hù),。
微軟(Microsoft)旗下的社交網(wǎng)站最近添加了日常游戲功能,,用戶(hù)可以通過(guò)這些游戲鍛煉自己的智力,并在人脈網(wǎng)絡(luò)內(nèi)比較分?jǐn)?shù)高低,。該公司還增加了一系列人工智能功能,,涉及用戶(hù)的個(gè)人資料和貼子發(fā)布等方面。
領(lǐng)英主編丹尼爾·羅斯表示,,這些新功能的目標(biāo)是提高用戶(hù)使用該社交媒體網(wǎng)站的頻率,,并留住用戶(hù)。
羅斯對(duì)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》表示:“我們的目標(biāo)是讓用戶(hù)養(yǎng)成這種日常習(xí)慣,。用戶(hù)登錄領(lǐng)英后,,能夠分享知識(shí)、獲取知識(shí),、找到信息和內(nèi)容,。”
其中一款新智力游戲是Queens,,用戶(hù)需要戰(zhàn)略性地放置王冠,,使每行和每列都只有一個(gè)王冠。另外一款游戲Pinpoint需要用戶(hù)根據(jù)一系列相關(guān)詞匯確定一個(gè)常見(jiàn)類(lèi)別,。羅斯對(duì)《財(cái)富》雜志表示,,這些游戲的玩法相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單,但對(duì)于希望“讓大腦休息一下”的用戶(hù)來(lái)說(shuō)也是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn),。除了支持用戶(hù)公開(kāi)發(fā)布得分外,,領(lǐng)英還會(huì)跟蹤用戶(hù)玩游戲的頻率,以鼓勵(lì)用戶(hù)保持這種日常習(xí)慣。
羅斯在郵件中告訴《財(cái)富》雜志:“我們已經(jīng)看到了這些游戲如何激發(fā)對(duì)話(huà),,建立聯(lián)系,,甚至在全球職場(chǎng)人士中引起了健康競(jìng)爭(zhēng)?!?/p>
使用游戲提高用戶(hù)參與度的策略是一次冒險(xiǎn),,它已經(jīng)超出了該公司作為一個(gè)職場(chǎng)社交媒體網(wǎng)站的初始愿景。但這種策略在其他媒體公司已經(jīng)過(guò)檢驗(yàn),,被證明是行之有效的,,包括《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》。2023年,,《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》的NYT Games應(yīng)用下載量達(dá)到1,000萬(wàn)次,。
據(jù)《金融時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道,領(lǐng)英稱(chēng)在6月份,,其每分鐘的內(nèi)容互動(dòng)達(dá)到150萬(wàn)次,,創(chuàng)歷史記錄。去年,,由于收入增長(zhǎng)連續(xù)八個(gè)季度同比放緩,,因此該公司的20,000名員工中,有超過(guò)5%遭到裁員,。
去年晚些時(shí)候,,領(lǐng)英開(kāi)始向付費(fèi)用戶(hù)推出有ChatGPT支持的人工智能附加功能,旨在為專(zhuān)業(yè)人士提供個(gè)性化服務(wù),。該公司還增加了“合作創(chuàng)作文章”等功能,,可幫助匯總用戶(hù)對(duì)不同商業(yè)主題的想法,并附上由人工智能生成的摘要,。該公司還推出了人工智能工具,,幫助招聘人員編寫(xiě)向潛在員工發(fā)送的信息。
雖然有些用戶(hù)抱怨人工智能提供的建議過(guò)于“機(jī)械”,,但羅斯表示,,這些增強(qiáng)功能幫助公司的付費(fèi)用戶(hù)同比增長(zhǎng)了25%。
羅斯在發(fā)送給《財(cái)富》雜志的電子郵件中表示:“為了幫助專(zhuān)業(yè)人士和公司在瞬息萬(wàn)變的時(shí)代繁榮發(fā)展,,我們推出了自己的人工智能驅(qū)動(dòng)增強(qiáng)功能,,旨在支持用戶(hù)提高效率和成功幾率,以實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的遠(yuǎn)大志向,?!保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
LinkedIn wants to be about more than just posting career updates.
As the professional social network looks to compete with other social media sites for users’ eyeballs, and the ad dollars that come with it, it is incorporating new attention grabbing features like AI and puzzles.
The Microsoft-owned social network recently added daily games, which allow its professional users flex their intellect and compare scores with their network. The company has also added a series of AI implementations that touch everything from a users’ profile to posts.
The goal of the new features is to bring users’ to the social media site more often, and to keep them around once they’re there, said LinkedIn editor-in-chief Daniel Roth.
“It’s about building this daily habit,” Roth told the Financial Times. “Once you’re on LinkedIn, it’s time to share your knowledge, get knowledge, get information and get content.”
Among the new puzzles is Queens, a game that involves strategically placing crowns so that only one appears per row and column. Another, Pinpoint, challenges a user to identify the common category for a series of related words. The games are relatively simple to play but challenge users who want to take “a quick brain break,” Roth told Fortune. In addition to letting users post their scores publicly, LinkedIn also tracks how often you play to encourage users to keep up a daily streak.
“We’re already seeing how these games spark conversations, connections, and even a healthy bit of competition among professionals around the world,” Roth told Fortune in an email.
The strategy of using games to try to build engagement is a gamble that expands the company’s original vision of being a social network for professionals. But far from untested, the approach has worked for other media businesses, including the New York Times, which saw 10 million downloads for its dedicated NYT Games app in 2023.
For its part, LinkedIn said it had seen record engagement of 1.5 million content interactions per minute in June, the FT reported. Still, last year the company laid off more than 5% of its 20,000 employees as it recorded slower year-over-year revenue growth for eight consecutive quarters.
Its ChatGPT-backed AI additions, which the company started rolling out to premium subscribers late last year, are meant to provide a personal touch for professionals. The company has added features such as “Collaborative Articles,” which helps compile users’ thoughts on varied business subjects accompanied by an AI-produced summary. The company also introduced AI tools to help recruiters craft messages to potential hires.
While some users have complained about its AI suggestions being too “robotic,” Roth said the enhancements have helped increase its premium subscribers by 25% year-over-year.
“In order to help professionals and companies thrive during these fast-changing times, we’ve been rolling out our own AI-powered enhancements, each designed to enable you to meet your aspirations by becoming more productive and successful,” Roth said in an email to Fortune.