Curious what folks do with LinkedIn invites from strangers that don’t provide any context when they want to add you to their network. I generally ignore these requests but would love to hear pros and cons for both sides. Also if you get contacted by vendors, do you respond? Do you accept their invites?

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If I don’t know you and we don’t have any connections, I won’t accept. The only time I will accept a stranger is if they’re a recent college grad or interested in working at my company.

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I used to think there was no harm in adding them but I started getting spammed with requests to try their new software or irrelevant job openings, so now I ignore requests from people I don’t know.

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Exactly! Or their workshops or other random crap. Glad I am not alone in this :)

I don't accept anyone I don't know, except for some cases where the person has a role, or works at a company, I'm interested in AND viewed my profile.

I only add people I actually know. If one of my colleagues says, hey, I see you know so-and-so, can you introduce me? I feel like I should at least know the person well enough to reach out.

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