My capability for social platform predictions stays undefeated, with one other of my 2024 predictions now seemingly coming to life.

Again in October, I wrote this about LinkedIn:

“There are an increasing number of digital occasions being hosted within the app, and extra video is being uploaded, however each are typically onerous to find, except you’re following the proper folks and profiles within the app. I anticipate LinkedIn to enhance on this, with devoted occasion and video feeds, doubtlessly swipeable from the primary timeline.”

And behold:

Sure, LinkedIn is testing out a brand new, devoted video feed within the app, which shows content material in a TikTok-style, full-screen format, leaning into the broader vertical video development.

The brand new check was found by Austin Null who posted these instance screens. Social media skilled Lindsey Gamble then re-shared the invention, which prompted a response from LinkedIn, confirming that that is at the moment a small beta check.

LinkedIn has additionally offered this assertion on the check to SMT:

“Movies are quickly changing into one in every of our members’ favourite codecs to study from different professionals and consultants, so we’re testing new methods to assist members extra simply uncover well timed, related movies to look at on LinkedIn.”

As described by Gamble:

“Tapping on the video tab directs customers to a vertical, full-screen feed of short-form movies that they will scroll via. Much like different short-form video experiences, customers can remark like, touch upon, and share a video, in addition to view the complete publish caption through ‘See Extra’.”

So it’s, seemingly, centered on short-form video, which might develop into a brand new content material push within the app.

The query then is, will there be sufficient entertaining business-related content material to fill a short-form video feed each day?

I imply, the push will doubtless be to get extra LinkedIn influencers to create movies of their common textual content updates, as a way to drive extra engagement. Which could possibly be good, in including extra context and worth to those updates, however then once more, I don’t know that every one of these enterprise inspiration posts are going to do in addition to video clips.

Inevitably, in fact, there’s going to be plenty of “hustle tradition” content material, that includes clips of enterprise people in entrance of sports activities vehicles and costly homes, as they search to focus on their “success”. However there is also plenty of worth in video clips within the app, whereas as famous in my prediction, LinkedIn might additionally look to focus on all video content material from throughout the platform, of which extra is being uploaded each day.

And actually, provided that the youthful technology is now so attuned to speaking through video, it’s just about an inevitability.

As the subsequent technology will get older, and takes on the company world, the way in which that we talk goes to evolve consistent with what they reply greatest to, and in that sense, aligning with the video development goes to occur, whether or not LinkedIn facilitates such or not.

Video drives extra engagement, retains customers round for longer, and supplies extra alternative for expanded connection. So all of it is sensible, and now, it’s only a matter of time earlier than all of us have the brand new LinkedIn video tab.

Which may also open up new promoting alternatives, and concerns for LinkedIn content material.

Count on to see extra about this quickly, as LinkedIn continues to check the brand new video feed.