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LinkedIn describes the system as two passes, the first gathering content from your network and the second ranking it [2]. The second pass predicts actions such as clicks, reactions, comments and shares, combines them into one weighted score, and sorts posts by it [3]. 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Ranking starts from your connections, then weighs who you have interacted with directly [3]. A post can also reach you because a connection liked, commented on or shared it, and a connection's post using a hashtag you follow gets an extra boost [4][5]. 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