On the flip side, I get a ton of views of my profile. I indiscriminately accept recruiter requests, because it increases the spread of second and third-degree connections who&#x27;ll see me in searches. I get two orders of magnitude more profile views than does my website, and I&#x27;ve turned off every email LinkedIn wants to send me.<p>But, then, I&#x27;m a consultant, and having people find me is important. A lot of the messages I get are useless--but enough aren&#x27;t that I effectively don&#x27;t need to advertise.