Basically, nobody really knows what the heck this display is for, and though some will come to defend it, claiming that they've made "thousands" of valuable connections from the listing, for most people, it's pretty much a meaningless display of strangers who didn't find you all that interesting.
Though this could help to change that.
Per social media expert Matt Navarra, LinkedIn has recently updated the "Interesting Views" section of its "Who Viewed Your Profile" to show more explicit notes as to why a viewer is considered "interesting."
To clarify: "Interesting Views" has been a filter within the "Who Viewed Your Profile" display for years, but it hasn't always been obvious as to why LinkedIn has defined an "interesting" viewer in this respect.
Notice that in this illustration, now LinkedIn will surface for you individuals who can help you get a job, people who work at companies you're following, senior leaders in your space, and so on and so forth.
It will also let you know if one of the "LinkedIn influencer"s has visited your profile, though what this means is a little vague to boot.
it awards "Top Voice" badges to those who write replies to its AI-based Collaborative Articles, but that doesn't mean they're influencers in any sense, really, merely that they spend their time answering to seemingly random questions on LinkedIn. If they are in this "LinkedIn Influencer," well then maybe so, but conversely, if it's real, actual high-profile users, that would probably be value, maybe, depending on one's perspective.
Interesting enough, LinkedIn's moving away from rewarding platform creators for building their personal profile, because most of the LinkedIn creators providing real value are not online influencers but experts in their niche.
You'd hope that these experts are what LinkedIn's highlighting in this list, but it's not really clear on this either.
So will these additions make the "Who Viewed Your Profile" display more valuable?
Well, sure enough, the direct listings give much more information, and that in itself is liable to get a lot more people to act on those.
But in all seriousness, though, LinkedIn would do better to eliminate it completely and place a flag on posts whereby a user can easily check if someone wants to connect with a member. The person is then free to decide whether they would like to reciprocate that contact or not, which would induce an actual interaction instead of the apparent pass use of that feature.
Maybe people wouldn't do that anyway, but I still don't think "Who Viewed Your Profile" even with further insight is a good value add.