What Does 3rd Mean on LinkedIn?

In this Itechguide, Victor answers the question “What Does 3rd Mean on LinkedIn”.

LinkedIn 3rd-Degree Connections Explained

To answer the question “What Does 3rd Mean on LinkedIn”, I will start by explaining what 3rd-degree connections mean on LinkedIn.

Your LinkedIn 3rd-degree connections are people connected to your 2nd-degree connections. Anybody in your 3rd-degree connection will have 3rd displayed beside the person’s LinkedIn name.

To elaborate, see the screenshot below. The LinkedIn profile on this screenshot is my 2nd-degree connection (more on this in the next section). Every person connected to my 2nd-degree connections belongs to my 3rd-degree. The word 3rd will be displayed on any profile that is in my 3rd-degree.

LinkedIn 1st-Degree and 2nd-Degree Connections Explained

To further help answer the question “What Does 3rd Mean on LinkedIn”, in this section, I will explain 1st and 2nd-degree connections.

1st-degree connections are people that you are directly connected to. People are listed as your 1st-degree connection if they accepted your request to connect. Moreover, people also become your 1st-degree connection if you sent them an invitation to connect and they accepted your request.

However, your 2nd-degree connections are people that are connected to your 1st-degree connections. What this means is that for your 2nd-degree connections, there is 1 connection between you and them – your 1st-degree connection.

LinkedIn Connections and Permissions

Finally, to help you understand LinkedIn 3rd-degree connections, in this section, I will explain what you can do with your 1st, 2nd and 3rd-degree LinkedIn connections.

1. If you open the profile of your 1st-degree connection, you will be able to view their connections. To view the connections of your 1st-degree connection, on the person’s profile, click the connections link.

2. Moreover, for anybody on your 1st-degree network, you can:

• Share the person’s profile via LinkedIn Message
• Save the profile as PDF
• Give Kudos
• Request a Recommendation from the connection
• Recommend a Skill for the connection
• Unfollow the connection
• Remove the person from your connection
• Send the person a direct message
• Finally, report or block the person

3. However, if you open the LinkedIn profile of a 2nd-degree connection, you can:

• Send a Connect request to the person. If the person accepts your request, the person will be moved from 2nd to your 1st-degree connection
• Send the person a direct message, Share the person’s profile via LinkedIn Message, Follow the person and report or block the person
• However, unlike your 1st-degree connection, you cannot view the connections of your 2nd-degree connection.

4. Finally, for your 3rd-degree connections, you can:

• Connect with the person by sending a Connection request. If the person accepts your request, the person will be moved from your 3rd-degree to your 1st-degree connection
• Can send a direct LinkedIn Message to the person, Share profile via Message, Save profile as PDF, Follow the person, and report or block the person.
• However, like your 2nd-degree connections, you cannot view the connections of your 3rd-degree connections

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