mostly curious - do folks see value in those?

In terms of how it affects discoverability of my profile — not much.

If it resonates with someone on an interview panel it could be the decider in a tie-break. The organic ones work better than the ones asked for IME

The ‘skill recommendations’ no.

It can be a nice way to shortcut referees if you have contacts in common too

They are social credit and are the equivalent of getting kind words notarized for sure. I am certain they help add weight to the algo

Lol. I still don’t want LinkedIn Super Pro for a month for free!

Yah those Tim. Those I think are zero value

Those don't carry any water next to linked ins "skill certification" thing where you can take a test on the most nebulous bash knowledge.

Watch out for those

Work on this collaborative article

you are an expert on X ploys as well

I think they axed the skill recommendations completely.