I have repeatedly authorized LinkedIn to look at my contacts and this has NEVER happened. I would bet money that you clicked through a series of screens too fas

I have repeatedly authorized LinkedIn to look at my contacts and this has NEVER happened. I would bet money that you clicked through a series of screens too fast and didn't realize you were inviting everyone, even though it was clearly stated. That said, it still sucks, and I sympathize. The UX should ideally make it near impossible for anyone to ever accidentally spam every person they ever e-mailed. On the flip side though, their "people you may know" feature is the best I have ever seen. Once you hook up Gmail once, it repeatedly checks it for new contacts, and thus always presents very relevant recommendations for who you might want to connect with whenever you are on the site. It's extremely frictionless.