[jchendy]

Isn't LinkedIn supposed to be for maintaining contact with people you've already met? So you should already have experienced the excitement of meeting the person before you see the boring generic message.

[RegW]

Due to less than reliable content of my profile, I sometimes get connect requests from people I have never had anything to do with.

It would be rude not to accept.

P.S. Then of course they get an amusing email every time I update my Headline

[bcbrown]

It is not rude to decline a connection request from someone you do not know.