>> 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. Permanent Solution: Get rid of LinkedIn (whatever the hillbilly a Linkedin is) --- The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.