This is one of those things where there isn’t any “right” answer — only variations of opinions.

It would be interesting to know if the variations on the opinions reflected how the person actually uses LinkedIn.

For example, I’m a “I need to know you person” when it comes to LinkedIn. Adam and I are LinkedIn, but it was because we have blogs, commented on each others blogs, and exchanged some e-mails.

But, I don’t use LinkedIn as my primary networking and personal branding tool. Having a network on LinkedIn is important — but not that much.

But if others use LinkedIn as their primary networking tool, including all the other things you can do with it (Jason Alba’s book: “I’m LinkedIn, now what?” comes to mind…), then I suspect that those people want to connect with many more people, even if the connection is more obscure.

So…are you a person who likes to know people they link to but don’t use LinkedIn as your primary networking tool? Or do you want lots of connections because you use LinkedIn as your primary networking tool?

Or is it something different?

This is one of those things where there isn’t any “right” answer — only variations of opinions.

It would be interesting to know if the variations on the opinions reflected how the person actually uses LinkedIn.

For example, I’m a “I need to know you person” when it comes to LinkedIn. Adam and I are LinkedIn, but it was because we have blogs, commented on each others blogs, and exchanged some e-mails.

But, I don’t use LinkedIn as my primary networking and personal branding tool. Having a network on LinkedIn is important — but not that much.

But if others use LinkedIn as their primary networking tool, including all the other things you can do with it (Jason Alba’s book: “I’m LinkedIn, now what?” comes to mind…), then I suspect that those people want to connect with many more people, even if the connection is more obscure.

So…are you a person who likes to know people they link to but don’t use LinkedIn as your primary networking tool? Or do you want lots of connections because you use LinkedIn as your primary networking tool?

Or is it something different?

I wrote my thoughts on my post below. When I first wrote the post, I didn’t know what to expect considering it was somewhat of an experiement.

I gave my readers the freedom to connect with me on LinkedIn, regardless if I knew them or not, on the premise that we would get to know each other–after all, aren’t you closing off opportunity if you turn down an invite?

A few of the connections have turned out to be great. We shared thoughts and have really created a connection. Others never even responded to my initial email.

But the connections that I did made mattered and were worth the few that were looking to “expand their network”.

http://adamsalamon.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/connect-with-me-on-linkedin/

I wrote my thoughts on my post below. When I first wrote the post, I didn’t know what to expect considering it was somewhat of an experiement.

I gave my readers the freedom to connect with me on LinkedIn, regardless if I knew them or not, on the premise that we would get to know each other–after all, aren’t you closing off opportunity if you turn down an invite?

A few of the connections have turned out to be great. We shared thoughts and have really created a connection. Others never even responded to my initial email.

But the connections that I did made mattered and were worth the few that were looking to “expand their network”.

http://adamsalamon.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/connect-with-me-on-linkedin/