It’s a triggering question and there have been many excellent contributions on the topic, including responses from LinkedIn themselves attempting to address the issue. First of all, well done on brainfooders
Dorothy Dalton and
Martyn Redstone for amplifying this discussion, which as Martyn correctly asserts,
continues unabated. Richard van der Blom - how probably knows more about the mighty algo than most - has come in with his analysis
here. We’ll definitely do a brainfood live on this early next year. My current view: unlikely LinkedIn has consciously designed gender bias in, but quite likely there is a disparate effect which maps along gender lines on what gets pushed through the platform. This is the same on every social network btw, though in different directions, and on different content types.
Petition for greater transparency is up, if you want to add your voice.