In the (excellent) Tech Resume Inside Out book [1], the author mentions that when recruiters perform a search on LinkedIn, you will be ranked higher if you are

In the (excellent) Tech Resume Inside Out book [1], the author mentions that when recruiters perform a search on LinkedIn, you will be ranked higher if you are more closely connected to the recruiter (e.g. you are one degree of connection away), so in this sense it might make sense to accept every request, if you don't care about the actual newsfeed etc. Could do with a "Accept but don't show posts from this person" option, mine is super spammy and I'd never dream of using it as a social network because of this, but I still think it's a good way to make yourself discoverable. [1] https://thetechresume.com/ https://thetechresume.com/