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For the lurkers: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3426
What is the actual value of having everyone friend each other on linkedin? Sees more like spamming eachother
But I agree it seems weird to add 50 'strangers' to your list... We don't know anything about each other really.
EDIT: Although I have seen a few people do it on LinkedIn already, they post message in groups and tell people that they want everyone to add them. They gather thousands of contacts that way, I wonder if it does them any good tho.
There is a moderated Hacker News LinkedIn group which would make it far easier (and be a better filter) - though I'm not sure if it's active: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=86116 run by http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=wheels
Not for the lurkers amongst us if you don't have any karma!
What is the actual value of having everyone friend each other on linkedin? Sees more like spamming eachother
Well, one use is you can access the contacts of your contacts, so it helps you get information about (and get in contact with) a lot of people... But I agree it seems weird to add 50 'strangers' to your list... We don't know anything about each other really. EDIT: Although I have seen a few people do it on LinkedIn already, they post message in groups and tell people that they want everyone to add them. They gather t…
My current policy on LinkedIn is only link to people to whom I could give a warm referral or expect one in return.
What is the actual value of having everyone friend each other on linkedin? Sees more like spamming eachother
There's not really much value in friending directly, but if you make the effort to get to know new people, as I will, I think it's a good idea. There's always value in meeting somebody new.