Creator mode vs just a default 'Follow' primary button

Creator mode vs just a default 'Follow' primary button

Everyone says: "Turn on creator mode to unlock reach and the follow button."

The claim: creator mode is a switch that boosts distribution.

What's actually true: creator mode itself has no reach multiplier — LinkedIn confirmed this when they quietly folded it into the standard profile. The only mechanical thing it ever did was swap Connect for Follow as your primary button and surface your hashtags. You can set Follow as primary without the rest.

Flip to Follow-primary if you're past ~3,000 connections and want one-way audience growth. Beyond that, "creator mode" was a label, not an engine.

It's not a boost. It's a button reorder you've been treating as a religion.