LinkedIn restricts access to 1st-degree connections

🧭 workproduct problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 3/5

A LinkedIn user reports that the platform blocks access to viewing 1st-degree connections in favor of pushing premium subscriptions.

Who's affected: A LinkedIn user

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

A browser extension that scrapes and organizes 1st-degree connection data into a searchable local database.
A third-party professional networking dashboard that syncs with LinkedIn to provide free, unrestricted access to one's own contact list.
A community-maintained open-source tool that allows users to export and manage their professional network contacts without platform restrictions.

“block people from seeing their 1st connection”