LinkedIn Recommendations . . . Yes or No ?

So I’m reading the thoughts of Jeremiah Owyang, of Forrester Research.

The question comes up: Are LinkedIn Recommendations worth anything?

Jeremiah says “no”, pretty much, but then softened his stance when he responded to my post here.

What do you think? Is the World Wide Web a Way Wacky Wilderness that’s made us all something less than recommendation-worthy?