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[gaius]

No, it's not unusual at all. They employ people full time to do it! And it's not new either, before blogs recruiters contacted people who had a big presence on Usenet or mailing lists.

It is only unusual for someone to confuse it for an actual "job offer".

[maayank → gaius]

maybe it's a location thing... I have some online presence and as you say, get tons of such offers here in Israel on LinkedIn/email.