LinkedIn Adds an "AI Slop" Reporting Button

LinkedIn has added a "seems like AI slop" reporting button to the ellipsis menu on all posts and comments, confirmed by Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan last week. The button feeds into LinkedIn's AI-spotting classifiers and helps the platform refine its automated detection of low-quality content.

Alongside the reporting feature, LinkedIn is replacing its AI post-writing tool, which previously prompted users to enhance their posts using AI, with a proofreading tool designed to help users improve their own writing rather than substitute it.

A private dashboard flag is also being tested that tells members when their posts have been flagged as potentially inauthentic or heavily AI-generated, giving users a chance to adjust their approach rather than being penalised outright. Srinivasan said the flag runs on signals from real users rather than an automated detector, since many people use AI to refine their thinking without producing slop and deserve accurate feedback instead of being incorrectly flagged.

The moves come as LinkedIn's own data shows the consequences of letting AI content proliferate unchecked. Buffer's analysis of 52 million social posts found LinkedIn's median engagement rate fell 56% year over year during 2025. By Q1 2026, roughly half of newly published online articles were classified as primarily AI-generated, and more than half of LinkedIn long-form posts show significant AI involvement.

"AI and slop are not the same thing," Srinivasan said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. "Many people refine thoughts with AI, and we believe they want to know when they sound inauthentic."

Full story: WSJ

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