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I'm sure they'll try to 'Microsoft' it. They could never keep their hands off any UI in any product, no matter if it works or not, and especially lately, leaving a rather spectacular trail of destruction in their wake.

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LinkedIn still feels like it's old self to me. Not that that really matters one way another to me.

Just after acquisition, Linkedin started systematically shutting down available API resources, and removing CRM support. Microsoft reigns in eventually. source:https://www.fullcontact.com/blog/linkedin-state-of-crm-2014/

redacted: i mistook the acquisition date

MSFT announced the acquisition of LNKD in June 2016. Your article is from March 2014.

That link says March 2014. LinkedIn was a public independent company for all of 2014.

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