I do have a litmus test on my linkedin that if passed makes me much more comfortable continuing the conversation: I ask people to tell me their favourite food :p
I'd say only 5 % actually read that (even if the relevant conversations are higher than 5%, I have yet to see an irrelevant one that included the food topic).
That’s a good one. I have a much more basic litmus test on my LinkedIn - adding an emoji before my first name. If they haven’t removed the emoji I know it’s an automated message, and it’s surprising (although not really) how many messages are. I ignore anything with the emoji in, so I know the person messaging has at least minimally engaged in reading my profile.
I'd say only 5 % actually read that (even if the relevant conversations are higher than 5%, I have yet to see an irrelevant one that included the food topic).