# Who can see a LinkedIn profile visit? Check both directions

Original constructed exercise. No real accounts, publications, customers, viewers or experimental results. Keep completed real records private.

## Work through three bounded decisions

V1 — A fictional Basic member wants to browse without showing a name, but also needs the existing viewer list for a private weekly review. The current control shows named browsing. The tradeoff is unresolved: private browsing conflicts with the Basic history goal. Decision: do not change the mode during this review; record the conflict and choose a priority before a later intentional change. No history or notification was tested.

V2 — A fictional Premium viewer list contains a private entry and a broad industry description. The draft says “Jordan visited after my launch.” Neither entry identifies Jordan or the cause. Safe record: “The list contains anonymous or limited entries; identity and reason are unknown.” Decision: remove the name and launch attribution; buying access or matching job titles cannot fill the evidence gap.

V3 — A fictional member selected a search suggestion but never opened the full profile. The mode at that earlier moment is unknown. The draft “They cannot know I looked” is unsupported. Decision: record a possible mini-profile visit and unknown notification state; do not perform another visit as a test and do not claim a later setting change recalled an earlier disclosure.

## Fill and decide

1. Purpose and which direction of visit
2. Date checked and account tier; no viewer names needed
3. Current selected viewing mode; source/control inspected
4. Exact current warning and unresolved history/access tradeoff
5. What the other person may see; notification delivery remains separate
6. Proposed action or deliberate no-change; why
7. Proceed/hold and unknown prior disclosure; no unmasking
8. Next source/date to review; private storage/deletion plan

Optional reproduction checks only fixed example data, arithmetic, timezone conversions and file identities. It does not assess completed private notes, permission, identities, language or effectiveness.