Perhaps purely anecdotal, but in the years I&#x27;ve been working, I can&#x27;t say I or anyone I&#x27;ve talked to has perceived an opportunity cost in not having &#x2F; ignoring LinkedIn (especially the folks who had one and then got rid of it)<p>I&#x27;ve really only ever received an inordinate amount of entry level recruiters &quot;connect&quot; with me using the same canned email they send everyone. I thought the references feature was nice, but the past few places I&#x27;ve been at have officiously discouraged using the feature because of PR issues (I might personally give someone a recommendation which could then not actually represent the company&#x27;s perspective of the person)<p>In my opinion, LinkedIn is just a very creepy and annoying service.