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I've moved over to Polywork. Which has a bit more of a tongue in cheek feel, but definitely feels better thank Linked in does, with a better community. Invite link for the curious https://www.polywork.com/invite/olliejudge-hypno
They get mentioned in a random HN comment, they'd potentially get a few hundred new members but it's impossible to sign up so everyone moves on and in a few minutes will forget that site even exists.
I've moved over to Polywork. Which has a bit more of a tongue in cheek feel, but definitely feels better thank Linked in does, with a better community. Invite link for the curious https://www.polywork.com/invite/olliejudge-hypno
So far, have been liking the platform. But I don't know, LinkedIn's ide was nice in the first place, and then came people...
Remove your 6000 connections except the people you actually know. Linkedin is what you make it, and you have made yours like Facebook.
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In some of my circles, it is considered rude to reject a LinkedIn connection. Probably came from the same mindset that you shouldn't miss any business opportunity. Which is what the OP hoped for, but instead found out that spam exists in every industry. My suggestion would be to open a new LinkedIn. But, this time, filter heavy just like anyone would have done on Email.
It reminds me of something else : older people seem to feel obliged to answer the phone ( and the door ).
I did this for a long time, then made a friend who would regularly keep me on the phone for more than half an hour.
I sometimes reject his calls now (but usually follow up with a message).
About 2 years ago I really started to feel that LinkedIn jumped the shark. The (left leaning) virtue signalling, constant boasting, aggressive sales just destroyed the signal to noise ratio and it felt like a time sink. Their algorithm also became very unpredictable in terms of reach of your content.
I ended up putting the profile in the bin, and will concentrate on other platforms. I think YouTube in particular is still early for B2B content in the grand scheme of things.
For developers there's the "stackoverflow developer story" https://stackoverflow.com/users/story/join and for start-up related roles there is https://angel.co . I hardly encountered recruiters, while being able to keep track of my (limited) network and job opportunities.
I added it for inspiration. :)
I've moved over to Polywork. Which has a bit more of a tongue in cheek feel, but definitely feels better thank Linked in does, with a better community. Invite link for the curious https://www.polywork.com/invite/olliejudge-hypno