at 5:40 PM, John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.1812111157380.6800@whammy.cluebyfour.org> you write:
Agreed, and I do get unsolicited Linkedin requests quite often. Sometimes, this is clearly the result of someone scraping a list like NANOG in an effort to drum up new business/contacts. Those end up in the bitbucket.
When you turn down a connection there should be "I don't know this person" which demotes them somehow. I gather that with enough of those, you can't do invites any more.
This was the case back when LinkedIn were actively enforcing their TOS. LinkedIn was largely started as and designed to be a referral service. As far as I can tell though, theyâve been letting strangers freely connect with one another for years now.
I've seen success with the 'I don't know this person' feedback system as well, and encourage it's use. Unfortunately for LinkedIn there's a whole breed of L.I.O.N. (LinkedIn Open Networker) folks who believe in extending their social circle first and breeding connections from there. Somewhat akin to Twitter users who blindly follow everyone they come across, mainly in the hope of a reciprocal follow and not because they have any intent to interact with the person they're following, or even ever read their timeline. It's exposure, exposure, exposure. Mark.