Install the Chrome extension
The Podavera extension likes and comments for you. Install it, link it to your account and read its window.
Without the extension, Podavera can't engage with other members' posts or earn you credits. It runs in Google Chrome on a computer.
Install
Open the Chrome Web Store listing
Podavera on the Chrome Web Store. The link is also in the app: Settings › LinkedIn Connection › Install the Chrome extension.
Add it to Chrome
Click Add to Chrome and confirm. Pin the Podavera icon (the green leaf) to the toolbar so it's easy to find.
Sign in to the app in the same Chrome
The extension uses your Podavera session: sign in to app.podavera.com in this same browser. If you're not signed in, the extension window shows "You need to log in to the web app first." and a Log In button.
Stay signed in to LinkedIn
Open linkedin.com in Chrome and sign in. The extension then links your LinkedIn account on its own. See Connect LinkedIn.
The extension window
Click the Podavera icon:
| Item | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Dot, top right | Green: everything is linked. Red: LinkedIn session missing or expired. |
| LinkedIn Session | Active when the extension sees your LinkedIn session, Not synced otherwise. |
| Pending Tasks | How many likes and comments are waiting to run. |
| Auto-Engagement | Turns all automatic engagement on or pauses it. |
| Auto-Like | Lets the extension like. |
| Auto-Comment | Lets the extension comment. |
| Force Poll Now | Fetches new tasks right away instead of waiting. |
| Open Dashboard | Opens the Podavera app. |
Keep Auto-Engagement, Auto-Like and Auto-Comment on to earn credits. If you turn one off, you stop getting tasks of that type.
What the extension does, and how fast
The extension fetches its tasks from Podavera about every 45 seconds, then likes or comments on the posts from your LinkedIn session. To keep a human pace:
- it waits 1 to 5 minutes between two actions;
- it stops at 20 likes and 5 comments a day;
- for the first 14 days after install, these caps start lower (about a quarter) and rise gradually.
Keep Chrome and the LinkedIn tab open
The extension only acts while Chrome is running with a linkedin.com tab open. When none is open, it opens a pinned LinkedIn tab in the background itself: don't close it. Computer asleep or Chrome closed: nothing goes out, and you don't earn credits in the meantime.