I torched my linkedin account a while back after recruiters wouldn&#x27;t stop hounding me. I also despise social networks of all sorts so that contributed to my decision.<p>Before I torched it though I tried a little experiment. I left my tech skills in place, but also added things like &quot;Blacksmithing&quot; and &quot;Former POTUS&quot; as my skill set. I also said &quot;Do not contact me&quot; and &quot;I hate recruiters&quot; and something along the lines of &quot;if you contact me, you clearly didn&#x27;t read my profile&quot; - the spam seemed to increase for a while before I finally deleted the profile completely.