LinkedIn adds an 'AI slop' button to fight its own automation plague
linkedin rolled out a 'seems like ai slop' report button to curb automated posts after data showed 41% of long-form content is likely ai-generated, threatening the platform's credibility with real professionals.
linkedin launched a 'seems like ai slop' reporting button that lets users flag and hide suspected ai-generated posts. this update follows findings that 41% of long-form and 30% of short-form posts on the platform are likely ai-generated, a volume that drowns out authentic human interaction. the feature creates tension for linkedin, which previously pushed its own ai writing assistant to help users 'beat the blank page problem.' by explicitly labeling low-quality content as 'slop,' the platform is attempting to reverse engineer its content quality problem to preserve its utility for professional networking.