[miseg]

From an employee's perspective, rather than contractor, I feel that it's fear that keeps me on LinkedIn.

"What if I lose out on an opportunity, or seem strange, because I'm no longer on LinkedIn?"

[microtonal]

I nuked my LinkedIn a couple of months ago. I had the same fear, but I decided fear is is not a good guide. Looking at it rationally, I never got a position through LinkedIn and I am very happy with the positions that I got so far.

If I ever end up in a world where it's only possible to get a job using LinkedIn, I can probably recreate my profile, along with contacts, and recommendations in a week or so.

[miseg]

Fear is not a good guide, and this can be thought through logically. I am going to follow in your footsteps.

[decentrality]

What's funny is the same thing works in reverse but not enough to deter completely : "what (real life) shenanigans am I attracting by hoping this isn't a total timesuck?"

Clients from LinkedIn in are way more high maintenance on average compared to StackOverflow/SE and GitHub. Maybe it's not as bad for recruiters.

[katpas]

Interesting, can you give an example?

[staticelf]

Funny because I feel the same thing even if I've never gotten a job through linkedin. Even never a job interview. I think I'll delete my linkedin.

[theparanoid]

Easier is disabling your profile. You keep your contact network and but no longer appear in search results and can only be viewed by people in your network.

[tunap]

Easier said than done, start with email blocklist variants and spam filters for the deluge that follows.

good luck.