[OT] Adding recruiters to LinkedIn connection list?

[Michael ODonnell]

My initial query was largely rhetorical, though I would have
been pleased to learn that there is *any* benefit whatsoever to
including a recruiter in your connections list.  To the contrary,
here is an article that uses the term "pollution" to describe
the presence of recruiters (or anyone else with whom you've
not interacted on a professional basis) in your connections list:

   http://www.brelson.com/2011/05/how-recruiters-are-posing-a-threat-to-linkedin-even-though-they-dont-mean-to/