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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Accept everyone on linked in.  [/quote]
me too[/quote]

same.  its not Facebook.  LinkedIn is for professionals who want to network, not become your friend.

Anyhow OP, "you're doing it wrong".  Unless its a total creep that you know for sure is only trying to sell you something, then accept.[/quote]

I think OP is doing it right and it's similar to how I do it. LinkedIn was put in place as a career networking tool -- to connect with former coworkers; bosses; relevant people you met at conferences; alumni contacts you lost touch with. So when someone reached out to you and said "hey I saw you're linked with Joe Schmoe and I'm actually applying to Schome & Co., any chance you could connect me" -- most people COULD connect you meaningfully bc it was someone that was a close personal relation or professional relation.

More and more people are doing what all the PPs are advocating -- collecting LinkedIn connections just for the heck of it to up the numbers. I think that is cheapening the value of the tool bc nowadays very often if you ask your best friend for an intro to Jane Smith, she will say -- oh, well I'd like to but I hated Jane Smith and she hated me; or we met for 2 seconds at a conference once so if I email her she won't have a clue who I am. That's not actual networking. I say use Facebook for gathering the numbers and use LinkedIn for actual professional purposes.

I keep my network small and limited to my industry for that reason.[/quote]

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