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Much embarassment ensued.
Surprisingly, about 75% of people who I've never met (online or IRL) accepted the invite.
I'm not exactly sure why Linkedin is worth a damn anymore.
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It's the lack of warning + the worse part is LinkedIn will send you 3 requests until you join...
That's worked pretty well: I haven't heard a peep in years!
I'm willing to wager that the "ease" by which this "feature" is executed was not entirely by accident (supporting the headline's premise).
I tried LinkedIn Pro as a try free for 30 days . This required a credit card as it will bill you if you forget to cancel. After a week or so, I was unimpressed and canceled. Or I thought I did. $150 later and three months of not seeing the recurring transaction on my credit card I realized that I had not clicked the right buttons to cancel. I felt cheated by deceptive UI design.
They all rely on viral growth, viral "features" are often pushed despite no one liking them (see everything Facebook ever did). And most disturbingly if they succeed in growing big enough (Facebook again) then not having one can become a bit of problem in real life.
Of course LinkedIn is a virus. It's what works.
My version: I was on the iPad, somehow hit a link to send invites to everyone on my "you might know" list. Much embarassment ensued. Surprisingly, about 75% of people who I've never met (online or IRL) accepted the invite. I'm not exactly sure why Linkedin is worth a damn anymore.
It's essentially myspace for realtors.
I wonder how many of the 1,138 accepted the request?
Some of the invites went to people I'd banned from my sites for spamming, an old accountant I haven't talked to in ten years, and PR flacks I had arguments with over sending me press releases I didn't want. My LinkedIn account used to be a pretty well-curated list of people I'd actually interacted with in person before and done some business with, and now it's just a random hodge-podge of a bunch of internet strangers I crossed paths with at some point.