should everyone be linked in to one another

[dninja at gmail.com (Robin Wood)]

2008/12/26 Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com>:
> Hi
> I'm in a few groups on linked in and daily there are requests from
> people asking to expand their networks and to exchange links.
>
> What do people think, is this right or should you only link with
> people you know or have reason for linking with? The way I see it, if
> everyone links to everyone else then all we end up with is a large
> mailing list, lots of which already exist. My thinking is that I'll
> link to people I either know, respect or have some other business
> relationship with but am I missing out in not linking to everyone else
> in the world?

Looks like linkedin itself has decided that linking to thousands of
people is bad and has placed restrictions in place:

http://www.cio.com/article/477224/LinkedIn_Clamps_Down_On_Super_Connected_Users?page=1

Seems like a good idea to me.

Robin