I'm not sure how anybody other than LinkedIn knows what they report but in any event I never said they did. This practice leads registered users to attempt to

I'm not sure how anybody other than LinkedIn knows what they report but in any event I never said they did. This practice leads registered users to attempt to connect with people who are not using LinkedIn. In effect, LinkedIn uses its user base to spam non-users with requests to create accounts. The lie (this person has an account already) leads to a potential increase in user numbers via the emails that are triggered by the request to connect.