Originally Posted by
brewbuck
The whole reason LinkedIn works is because people are (theoretically) extremely picky about their contacts. I'm on LinkedIn, but to be honest and perhaps a bit brutal, I orbit in a completely different galaxy than anybody who might beg for contacts on Cboard...
EDIT: I realize my reply is kind of useless and annoying, so here's an actual useful piece of information... First make your real-life contacts. Yes, this is somewhat difficult. From there, you can jump into LinkedIn and start making other connections. That's how it works, and it works very well.