I have had a linkedin account for almost 10 years. I have to say that it is not a particularly great platform. It may be okay for companies looking to recruit people but in terms of networking and building contacts it is of very little use for the following reasons:1. Many of the profiles are out of date. This is probably because people create a profile but don't bother logging into LinkedIn very often. This proves the fact that it is not deemed a very important site.2. Very rarely do people ever accept your invitation. Only those who know you may accept it but if you attempt to connect with someone you do not know but who you would like to add to your professional network they just do not accept.3. Even the minority who accept your invite will not respond to any subsequent messages you send to them.4. It seems as though there are people who just want to have a lot of contacts to show that they are important.5. There are people who claim to be looking for new opportunities and jobs but who can only be contacted via the inmail service which costs money. That is odd as you would expect these people to make their profile open to as many people as possible.Overall this a useless site and has quite clear been overtaken by other social media platforms. The idea of charging to use some of the additional features beggars belief. One suggestion I have if you are having difficulty cancelling your premium account is to do one of the following:1. Make sure that you have a separate credit or debit card with very little or no money in it when you register for the premium services. This will allow you to pay for the first month or two and then if you are happy you can put in something every month to cover for subsequent months but if you don't like the service you are getting and you cannot get it cancelled then withdraw anything in the account before the next payment is due. This means that if they try to withdraw money in future they will find nothing in your account.2. Ask your bank to cancel any agreement set up with Linkedin. This will stop them from being able to withdraw any money.
