People on LinkedIn are real. If you use it like a communication tool, it can be very effective at locating opportunities or helping others do the same. I have t

People on LinkedIn are real. If you use it like a communication tool, it can be very effective at locating opportunities or helping others do the same. I have thousands of loose connections on LinkedIn, many of whom I would/could never email/text/call directly looking for work. But with a single LinkedIn post, I am likely to get many responses / offers of help. I wouldn't bank on this being my only avenue to finding work, but it definitely is AN avenue if you use it right. In parallel, many LinkedIn "influencers" are spamming garbage. You just need to ignore it, similar to how you might ignore garbage accounts on Twitter.