LinkedIn wants to be fun

LinkedIn is one of the more popular sites on the Web -- the go-to place for job searches and professional connections. Now the social network is making a big push to change that. The company, which said it was being acquired by Microsoft earlier this year, launched a wholesale redesign of its platform on Thursday. Brimming with buzzy social features like chatbots, hashtags, and breaking news notifications, it's the company's latest attempt to become a place people visit every day. Roughly 105 million people visit LinkedIn every month, compared to Twitter's 313 million monthly active users and Facebook's massive 1.7 billion audience.