Too many missives turns people off.It's not just you. Too many missives over the years have prompted me to turn off most of LinkedIn. With LI, though, you always have to guess what you're going to lose when you shut down a "feature", because they don't clearly relate these features to functionality: "You mean, you don't want to get crucial news about important events and influencers in your network?"
...there's a notifications option...I've been reluctant to cancel too, even though the free version is basically crippleware. I think I've managed to limit most of anything I've wanted to continue to once a week, though there are some categories where I still get several messages a day.