My LinkedIn policy

The following stolen, verbatim, from Richard Bejtlich’s policy:

“. . . I hardly ever accept invitations from people I’ve never met in person. Meeting once or twice at security conferences doesn’t count, unless it’s part of an ongoing conversation. I realize some people use LinkedIn like an extended address book. I don’t use LinkedIn like that. I use the site to keep ties with people for whom I can vouch or testify to their technical skills or interests. I never want to look at my LinkedIn contacts list and ask myself “Who’s that again?”

I expect some people might not care for this policy, but that’s the way I use the site. Thank you.”

Thanks, Richard!