Figuratively, not literally. But to your point, LinkedIn's practices can be a little pushy, but the site still provides decent value to me (it got me my curren

Figuratively, not literally. But to your point, LinkedIn's practices can be a little pushy, but the site still provides decent value to me (it got me my current job). I can put up with ignoring mass invite requests, recruiter messages, and configuring my notification settings to maintain this professional network. It may get me my next job in 5 years, so for me it's totally worth it.