I have recently configured LinkedIn in such way that I no longer receive any recruiter spam. The trick is to deny the "direct" messages from people outside of your network and also require a connect requestor to know your email. These two simple things (plus opting out of any of LinkedIn's mailing lists etc.) and boom! - serenity.
Next to the search bar, there's a little button that says "advanced" that I believe will still allow you to get to the functionality you're looking for in a less intuitive way.
The bigger concern is their ongoing removal of features. Linkedin are opening the door for a competitor like glassdoor to add personal profiles with a better user experience.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 45.5 ms ] thread- The permanent "notification" that I haven't added everyone in my contacts to LinkedIn yet.
- it's much harder than it should be to just get to someone else's profile (or to your own)
- the never ending stream of connection requests.
You may feel it's terrible, but that's not their primary concern.