Is it weird to reach out to a recruiter on LinkedIn to ask to reconnect and they tell you no with no explanation? Not sure if I should reply and ask why?

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You need to get a lot more specific here. Something's missing. What's the story?

I tried to connect on LinkedIn with a recruiter I worked with several years ago (she was at Creative Group then, she currently has her own company). So I sent her a request to connect with a personalized note, saying I’d love to reconnect and she replied that she wasn’t interested.

Not that I know of?

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