vegancoder

Question to all devs who have LinkedIn (all devs then?)

Do you accept connection requests from people you don't know?

Since a few months ago at least 2 people a week send me connection requests.
I accept all of them, and that's it - I don't communicate with 95% of the new connections, ever.

And now it gets hard for me to find people I actually know among my connections..

#dev #coding #programming #tech #softwaredevelopment

Jul 15, 2024 at 1:12pmWeb
Show threadColin MacleodJul 15, 2024
@vegancoder I am on LinkedIn but I never accept connections from people I don't know.
Show threadvegancoderJul 15, 2024
@CGM why not?
Show threadColin MacleodJul 15, 2024
@vegancoder Well if I don't know them I assume they are recruiters/grifters/crazies. If they sent a request that included a genuine reason for connecting that would be different but I have not seen that yet.
Show threadRémi du NordJul 15, 2024
@vegancoder I only accept requests from people I know, to keep my news feed interesting. I also configured my LinkedIn mailbox to receive messages from my contacts only, so the recruiters are stuck with a connection request.
Show threadvegancoderJul 15, 2024
@remidu makes lot of sense, because my LinkedIn feed horrible...