Okay, like many of my readers I get an invitation to join someone’s network on LinkedIn often.

On the surface it looks like a great place for the business person to hang out, but like so many networks, chambers, associations, it’s also easy to get nothing from it.

I want to start a discussion on this post about what the pros and cons of LinkedIn. I really would love to hear from people who are using LinkedIn for good or bad.

Please tell me:
• How you use it for business.
• Success stories about connections made
• Horror stories about wasting time

Whatever you want to share – I want to help figure this thing out.

Some reading material for you:
• Business 2.0 Article
• Guy Kawasaki on LinkedIn
• Business Week on LinkedIn

Update: A reader, Des Walsh, reminded me of Scott Allen’s LinkedIn blog – another great piece of the puzzle.