Unsolicited LinkedIn requests

Wed Dec 12 00:28:48 UTC 2018

at 5:40 PM, John Levine <johnl at iecc.com> wrote:

> In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.1812111157380.6800 at 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, they’ve been letting strangers freely connect  
with one another for years now.

-Daniel