On the last 48 hours I received 3 invitations to connect through LinkedIn of people that I never met or talked to. That is a pretty low standard.
I know some people are making LinkedIn into a competition and inviting whomever they can to make 500, 1000 and sometimes 3000+ connections.
I only accept invitations (and invite people) if:
- I have the person face-to-face;
- I'm friends enough with this person that I can ask for favors (like, introducing somebody else)
I'm the Co-founder & CTO of