Would you connect with people you don't know on LinkedIn? Why or why not?

I connect with a lot of people on LinkedIn mostly Developers. I'm trying to make friends and get better work opportunities. I came across a lot fake people too. Please careful.

I get a connection request about once a month. And I accept all of them. Usually it's a recruiter offering a job I can't take. But when I do need a job in about 2 or 3 years, I'm already connected to recruiters galore.

Depends. If it is a complete stranger I don't see the point. If we have something in common but I don't really know the person, then sure.

I don't really worry about who I connect to on LinkedIn. Just seems like some recruitment platform to me, so I don't take it very seriously. Maybe that's my loss.

Depends, recruiters I ignore (dont accept, dontt decline). If you ever need them I can easily accept and request their time.
Unless its a recruiter that wants to a drink something with me, then we will meet and I will accept them because those recruiters are the ones that care about you, your time and have more knowledge about what we do.

Complete strangers I will decline and colleagues that I dont know I will accept.