I'm not in SV either (AU mech. engineer). My industry (rail) is pretty insular however, so there's usually a lot of crossflow between the various parties involv

I'm not in SV either (AU mech. engineer). My industry (rail) is pretty insular however, so there's usually a lot of crossflow between the various parties involved in it. I agree with you that the inability to customise who your updates go to is pretty bad. That's a pretty basic feature and I'd expect to be more integral to LinkedIn than, say, Facebook.