Data on the uselessness of LinkedIn endorsements
I've been considering just deleting my LI account.  It essentially has just been a sink for terrible recruiter mail; in 12 years of having an account I don't think I've once received any sort of actionable message through it.<p>I've also turned off the endorsements because I was just getting driveby endorsements for things like J2EE.<p>Is there a job-search downside to deleting your account, provided you have a decent Google cross section otherwise via conference talks, blog, github, etc?<p>I can't tell if LinkedIn has marketed itself into an actual perception that not having an account means you don't care about career or the like.