“I’d like to connect with you on LinkedIn” is the standard default message the site sends when you want to connect with another on the site. It’s one thing when people I know use the default message and send their connection invitation along. (Though, I always write a personalized message.) It’s another when someone you don’t know and have never heard of uses it. If you’ve never met or even heard of a person you’re trying to connect with, I would first ask, “why are you even trying to connect with them?” But then I would ask, “Why, if…

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