I like your style Justin and agree with much of what Michael has said above.

I think it’s also important to determine what will constitute success as regards a LinkedIn group. Two people may have different definitions such that one’s apparent ’success’ will not conform to the other’s definition of success.

My experiences on another networking site (Ecademy) have been much the same as yours on LinkedIN. I consider myself to have achieved enormous success there. Equally I know plenty of people who would only judge success by virtue of whether or not their bank balance has benefited from their online activity. It’s horses for courses, as they say.