Tools & Safety5 min read
LinkedIn Comments Not Showing? Reasons and Fixes
LinkedIn comments not showing on a post or your profile? Here are the real reasons comments disappear, from the default sort to filters, and how to fix each one.
By Deepak Yadav, Founder, Ampliflow
The short version
- The most common reason comments look missing is the default "Most relevant" sort, which reorders and can push newer or low engagement comments out of first view.
- Switch the sort to "Most recent" on the post to confirm a comment truly exists before assuming it was deleted or hidden.
- Post authors can hide or delete comments on their own posts, and page admins can restrict comments, so absence is sometimes a choice rather than a glitch.
- A stale app cache is a real culprit. Refreshing, closing the app, or reopening in a browser makes many "vanished" comments reappear.
- Comments that read as spam or automated can get filtered or down ranked, which is one reason low effort and high volume commenting tends to backfire.
Refresh the cache before you panic
A surprising number of "vanished comment" reports are just a stale view. The mobile app in particular holds an older snapshot of a post, so recent comments, reactions, and edits do not always appear until it refreshes.
Try this order:
- Pull to refresh on the post, or scroll away and back.
- Fully close the app and reopen it.
- Open the same post in a desktop or mobile browser, where the cache behaves differently.
- Check your connection, since a flaky network can silently fail to load the newest comments.
If the comment shows up after any of these, it was never gone. It just had not loaded yet. This is also worth trying when reactions on comments or reply counts look wrong, since the same cache issue affects them.
Filters, spam, and the automation trap
LinkedIn quietly filters content it reads as spam or low quality, and comments are not exempt. A reply that is generic, repetitive, links heavy, or looks machine generated can get down ranked into near invisibility or filtered outright. From the outside this looks like your comment "disappeared," when really it was pushed to where almost no one scrolls.
This is where volume backfires. Blasting the same short comment across dozens of posts, or running an automation that fires identical replies, is exactly the pattern spam filters are built to catch. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits third-party automation, and comments that trip these signals tend to lose visibility rather than gain it. We get into the account level version of this risk in is LinkedIn automation safe.
The fix is boring and effective: write specific, relevant comments, avoid dumping links, and do not fire the same text repeatedly. Comments that read as genuinely human and on topic are the ones that keep their place.
How we think about it at Commenti
We build Commenti, an assisted commenting tool, so comment visibility is something we watch closely. The pattern is consistent: the comments that get buried are the low effort, high volume ones, and the comments that hold their spot are specific and human. That shapes how we built the product.
Commenti helps you write comments worth showing, with a daily cap, pacing, and an approve step so every comment goes out reviewed rather than sprayed. LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits third-party automation and our category sits in that gray zone, which is why those caps and the approve mode exist to reduce the filtering and account risk that comes with volume, rather than pretend the risk is not there. We would rather you post fewer comments that stay visible than many that quietly get filtered out of sight.
So when a comment is not showing, work down the list: check the sort, check whether the author hid it, refresh the cache, then ask whether the comment itself gave a filter a reason. In most cases the comment is still there. It just needed you to look in the right place.
Frequently asked questions
Why are my LinkedIn comments not showing up?
Usually the comment section is set to "Most relevant," which reorders comments by engagement rather than time, so a fresh comment can sit far down. Other causes are the author hiding or deleting it, a cached app view, or the comment being filtered as low quality. Switch to "Most recent" to check if it is actually there.
How do I change how LinkedIn sorts comments?
Open the post, find the sort control near the top of the comment section, usually labeled "Most relevant," and switch it to "Most recent." That shows comments in the order they were posted. Note that each reader controls their own sort, so you cannot force everyone to see a comment at the top.
Can a post author hide my comment?
Yes. On their own posts, authors can delete comments and, on some surfaces, hide them so others do not see them by default. Pages can also restrict who is allowed to comment. If your comment shows for you but not for others, the author or page controls are the likely reason, not a bug.
Why did my comment disappear after I posted it?
Check the sort order first, then refresh the app or open the post in a browser, since a stale cache often hides recent activity. If it is still gone, the author may have removed it, or it may have tripped a spam filter. Comments that look automated or repetitive are the most likely to get filtered.
Written by the team building Commenti on real LinkedIn growth data. Found an error? Tell us and we’ll fix it. Accuracy beats winning.
Founder, Ampliflow
Builds Commenti at Ampliflow, and has worked across 80+ startups as an AI micro-SaaS builder. Writes about what the product data actually shows, including the parts that are inconvenient. Commenti is the LinkedIn comment automation tool by Ampliflow.
You leave a comment, or you go looking for one you left yesterday, and it is not there. Or you are the author and half the replies you know exist are nowhere in the section. Before you assume LinkedIn is broken or you got blocked, it helps to know that "comments not showing" almost always has a mundane cause.
Most of the time the comment still exists. It is sorted out of view, cached, hidden by the author, or filtered. Here is how to tell which one you are dealing with, and what to do about each.
First, blame the sort order
LinkedIn defaults comment sections to "Most relevant," not "Most recent." That sort reorders comments by engagement and other signals, so a brand new comment or one with no replies can land well below the fold even though it posted seconds ago.
This is the single most common reason a comment looks missing. Before anything else, open the post, find the sort control at the top of the comment section, and switch it to "Most recent." If your comment appears, nothing was wrong. It was simply outranked by comments the algorithm judged more relevant.
Keep in mind that each reader controls their own sort. You cannot force everyone into "Most recent," which is also why no comment holds a fixed position for every viewer. If you are trying to find your own past activity across posts, how to find your comments on LinkedIn walks through the activity view that lists them all in one place.
The author or page may have hidden it
Absence is sometimes intentional. On their own posts, authors can delete comments outright, and LinkedIn also lets people hide comments so they do not appear to others by default, per LinkedIn's own help documentation. Company Pages and post owners can restrict who is allowed to comment at all.
A useful tell: if your comment shows when you view the post while logged in as yourself, but a colleague on another account cannot see it, the author or page controls are the likely reason. That is a decision on their end, not a fault on yours, and there is no fix beyond reaching out to the author. If you run posts yourself and want to understand these levers, how to turn off comments on LinkedIn posts covers the author side controls.