"Endorsements" on LinkedIn Forum

[North]

That was me, don't know why it showed up as anonymous. But I don't even get the choice on my profile, they show up automatically.

I hate admitting to knowing this much about LinkedIn, but that's because you added those skills yourself (or accepted a suggested skill) in the past. People can only endorse you without your consent if you've already added or agreed to it. So, if those automatically posted, it means that a while back you must have clicked okay for both of those.

[kartelite]

That was me, don't know why it showed up as anonymous. But I don't even get the choice on my profile, they show up automatically.

I hate admitting to knowing this much about LinkedIn, but that's because you added those skills yourself (or accepted a suggested skill) in the past. People can only endorse you without your consent if you've already added or agreed to it. So, if those automatically posted, it means that a while back you must have clicked okay for both of those.

Probably suggested them myself quite a while ago - don't even remember, LinkedIn was definitely different 5+ years ago. Makes sense, thanks.

[PennBull]

What exactly is the purpose of these? My undergrad gospel choir teacher endorsed me for "Legal Writing". He has never in his life seen anything that I have written. I also get "endorsements" from people I've never met IRL. It seems kind of meaningless. Should I keep these on my profile even though the people recommending me have absolutely no basis for an opinion about my skills?

An ethics dude at a CLE says it's a violation of the Rules if you don't actually have the skills. It's being strongly considered as attorney advertising, apparently.

It's not advertising. Florida says it's akin to say you "specialize" in something.

MCFC posted a summary of more or less what I thought was the case above.