What a load of bull. Let me tell you a story about John Sculley. Former CEO of Apple ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sculley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J

What a load of bull. Let me tell you a story about John Sculley. Former CEO of Apple ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sculley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sculley ) I met John 4 times. He contributed to a charity that I was working with. I didn't think there was any chance he would remember me. Years went by, then I got a linkedin invite from John wanting to connect. John Sculley wants to connect with me? Really? This can't be real. I'm "famous" but I'm not that "famous" and I barely met John, no way, has to be fake. So I report it to LinkedIn. A second friend gets a similar invite, and she has never met John, but was a contractor for Apple, and at Pepsi when John was. I have her report it to Linkedin as well. Linkedin rushes around, calls John, doesn't get anything but a generic voicemail. 72 hours later they remove the account. 4 days later John's wife gets back from a trip, and checks his email and sees that linkedin has removed his account. Ooops. I have caused a legit person to have their account removed. I'm not saying LinkedIn users are all "real" but they do seem to go out of their way to have what is described in this article not happen. - http://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonwirtz http://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonwirtz