LinkedIn is showing some users a "frequent viewer" label that identifies people who repeatedly view their profiles.
The label has surfaced for a subset of users, which points to a limited test rather than a full rollout. The source does not say how many people see it, what counts as "frequent", or when a wider release might happen.
LinkedIn has long told members who looked at their profile, so the novelty is the repetition. One visit can be idle curiosity. Several visits read as interest, and that is a more pointed signal for a recruiter, a salesperson, a former colleague or an ex.
That is also where the friction lies. Profile browsing on LinkedIn has worked as a polite fiction: everyone looks, and nobody has to explain why. A label that singles out repeat visitors turns some of that browsing into a message the viewer never meant to send. Anyone who checks a prospective hire or a rival's page more than once may now be flagged for it.
The open question is control. Whether people who would rather not be flagged can opt out is not something the source addresses, and the answer will decide whether this feels like useful information or like surveillance.