Study: LinkedIn ran an experiment on 20M users from 2015 to 2019, randomly varying the strength of its People You May Know algorithm, without telling the users (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with LinkedIn’s Chief Product Officer Tomer Cohen on the number of people hired via LinkedIn being a core metric, generative AI, regulation, and more  —  We dive into managing the relationships between designers, engineers, and PMs. … Tomer Cohen is the chief product officer at LinkedIn …

Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Sistrix: Google’s September 2022 algorithm update affected several UK publishers, as search rankings for LADbible fell 52%, Mail Online 37%, and The Mirror 27%  —  Ten of the leading news websites in the UK saw their visibility in search rankings reduced as a result of Google’s latest core algorithm update in September.

Dan Primack / Axios:
Sources: Google Ventures has shelved its algorithm that for years had served as a gatekeeper for new investments  —  Google Ventures has mothballed an algorithm that for years had served as a gatekeeper for new investments, Axios has learned from multiple sources.

Clare Duffy / CNN:
LinkedIn is rolling out new profile verification features and will also begin alerting users if messages they have received from other users seem suspicious  —  Here’s how Elon Musk calculated the number of bots on Twitter  —  Robot artist Ai-Da reset while speaking to UK politicians

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: TikTok’s efforts to cut ties with Beijing-based ByteDance have stumbled over hiring and retaining talent, as some key staff remain based in China  —  The short-video app is making big efforts to separate from Beijing-based ByteDance, but is still hiring staff in China for key functions

Sujith Somraaj / Decrypt:
Compound Finance’s DAO votes to keep its users from lending relatively illiquid tokens BAT, ZRX, MKR, and YFI to protect against a Mango Markets-style attack  —  Users won’t be able to temporarily use 0x (ZRX), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Maker (MKR), and Yearn Finance (YFI) on Compound now.