It used to be the case that if you wanted a new job, you could strategically update your profile and over the next several days you would get bombarded by recruiter messages, some of which would actually be high-quality leads.

I once got a cold LinkedIn message that got me a job that I loved. When I was looking this year though it did NOT have the same results. Lots of bots and just recruiters who see a open to work and just add you out of no where with nothing. I did get help from people I actually know on LinkedIn, but other than that it was definitely not helpful in the job search.

It’s part of the Microsoft network of properties that make everything harder to get up in the morning.

No one actually wants to go there, but they post the damn jobs there, so what can you do?

Fair point, given it's unlikely to land one any jobs.