@atomicpoet A LinkedIn story: Many years ago I joined a very popular group that several of my acquaintances (real and virtual) belonged to.

A couple of days later I got an email saying I'd been accepted into the group. Now I "must" send an invitation to the group's manager and a list of his friends. I "must" join his other group. I "must" follow him on social media.

Or, y'know, I could just quit the group and block him on LinkedIn and all the social media sites he'd named.