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LinkedIn: “I'd like to join your LinkedIn network” but what for?

3 points by c-smile ↗ HN
At early days of LinkedIn "network" meant list of people you know personally. And that personal knowing had great value for many reasons.

But now completely unknown strangers are sending requests to join my network... What is the idea? Isn't this against the whole idea of being "linked in"?

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eesmith
I haven't quite gotten to the point to leave LI. Mostly because I forgot the password and because my filters get rid of the emails.
The_DaveG
I started with LinkedIn only connecting with people that I had met personally. Then potentially expanding to people I had conversation.

I found that I was just getting a lot of the same posts and it was a lot of groupthink.

Then I started connecting with people I hadn't met. It's significantly expanded the conversations and perspectives I'm getting.

Expanding the reach of my posts/views and the value of the network I bring.

This has helped in being seen by many as an expert. Also the value of the posts. I've had multiple clients reach out to engage in work that I had never met in person.

For me connecting and conversing with people in the same industry brings a lot of value to myself and the industry as a whole.

Connecting people across the globe into one feed has become the new idea of LinkedIn for me.