The new skill endorsements are hilariously pointless - back when I had it enabled I didn't see a single person endorse me for skills they actually know about, but plenty of people were using it pointlessly. People I know but haven't worked directly with in those areas. I remember I had a meeting a month ago with two people I'd never met before, a day later we were connections, a day later they both endorsed me for a bunch of stuff from "PR" to "events management" - how did they even think they could justify clicking those things for me?
However LinkedIn is still pretty good at letting you get what you want out of it. I've not yet spoken to anyone who doesn't share my/your view of "these skill endorsements are hilariously dumb", and consequently we've disabled them - no longer are they seen on my profile, nor do I get emails about people endorsing me.
Number of profile views isn't meaningful, but who viewed your profile can be - I'm one of the ones dropping $500/yr on my account, I'd say 60% of my reasoning is for the InMails, 20% is seeing exactly who viewed my profile, 20% is that whether it's logical or not, people who don't know you do look at the little premium badge on your profile and think very slightly differently of you.
I'm constantly entertained by the number of people that endorse me either for (1) skills I wouldnt claim to have or (2) skills that I may have but they would not be in a position to judge.
I figured many of my pointless endorsements came from people clicking "sure, whatever" on LinkedIn's "You should endorse X for Y" pop up, probably just to make it go away.
However LinkedIn is still pretty good at letting you get what you want out of it. I've not yet spoken to anyone who doesn't share my/your view of "these skill endorsements are hilariously dumb", and consequently we've disabled them - no longer are they seen on my profile, nor do I get emails about people endorsing me.
Number of profile views isn't meaningful, but who viewed your profile can be - I'm one of the ones dropping $500/yr on my account, I'd say 60% of my reasoning is for the InMails, 20% is seeing exactly who viewed my profile, 20% is that whether it's logical or not, people who don't know you do look at the little premium badge on your profile and think very slightly differently of you.