
And this (among others) is a reason why I never accept contacts from those who do not take 20 seconds of their time to write a short text and explain why they want to have me as a contact here:
“the potential harm can be subtle: Connecting to a profile like Jones’ invites whoever is behind it to strike up a one-on-one conversation, and other users on the site can view the connection as a kind of endorsement.”
https://apnews.com/bc2f19097a4c4fffaa00de6770b8a60d
It’s been seven years that I wrote How do you use Linkedin, and things have not changed at all.