I never use it, signed up a long time ago when I was a little more professionally employed. But I still get updates, amazed, I know they harvest your emails to make suggestions, but it was suggesting people I'd went to University with 30 years ago, long before the internet and computers and things...people I only vaguely remembered.
...Just good luck, I figured, coughing up people with similar skills and from the same alma mater...
Then yesterday, a list of 3 ex-girlfriends, Paulette, Sheryll, Cheryll...one of whom didn't even go to the U of A.
This is weird, eerie, and I'm wondering - well, what's up? Where are they getting these names from? Really? And going to the site, I discover, of course, that they're recommending people who've viewed my profile. Curious, especially since I've got far more going on away from LinkedIn. Maybe they don't know how to use Google...Paulette, New Zealand? Really? I mean, I'd get Europe, Africa, but...And Cheryl, Medical? Puzzles me. But the mystery at least is solved, although I'm surprised by how many people remember my last name...