[colinbartlett]

I found a great way to cut down on this spam: Delete your LinkedIn account.

I removed mine 3 years ago and I never once regretted it.

[joeframbach]

I removed mine about the same time frame too. No regrets. It has not hindered my networking or hireability.

[toomuchtodo]

I just applied to several jobs within the last few days; Jobvite lets me "one-click" apply with my LinkedIn profile, which is so much easier than those "upload your resume and we're going to mangle it in our web form".

Disclaimer: Received several calls back same day/next day, in my mind that means its working as its supposed to.

[smoyer]

Why not tie it to an e-mail you can more easily filter (or choose not to look at)?