Product design question

How would you improve LinkedIn?

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What this question tests

Tests basic product sense on a familiar platform, picking one specific LinkedIn pain point over a generic feature list.

Clarify scope: default to the core content and networking experience for job-seeking and career-building professionals.
Segment users: active job seekers, passive networkers who post occasionally, and recruiters, since needs differ sharply.
Pick one pain point: the feed mixes low-signal engagement content (reposted motivational quotes) with genuinely useful professional updates, making it hard to find value quickly.
Propose a solution: a feed control letting users weight toward their network's direct updates (new roles, articles, projects) over broadly viral engagement-bait content.
Address the trade-off: reducing viral content could lower overall session time, so pilot as an opt-in toggle rather than a default change.
Define success: session satisfaction (post-session survey) and return visit rate among users who enable the control.

Picks one specific, common complaint, feed content quality, rather than listing generic ideas like better UI.
Proposes a concrete, opt-in mechanism rather than forcing an algorithm change on all users.
Addresses the business trade-off, session time, honestly rather than ignoring it.
Defines success with both a satisfaction and a retention metric, not just adoption of the toggle.

Suggesting generic improvements (dark mode, better search) unrelated to the platform's actual core tension.
Ignoring that LinkedIn's business model depends on engagement, proposing a change that could hurt it without a plan to measure trade-offs.

How would you prevent this control from just becoming an unused settings-page feature?
How would you measure quality of content, not just volume?