We have talked a lot about AI-generated content and AI slop in this blog: from how to fight it to what the law says about AI-generated content. And realistically, social media and the internet in general are being filled with more and more content thanks to AI… and while not everyone who uses AI creates slop, the amount of slop around has increased greatly.
And users feel it.
There is no platform where we have invested time and not seen at least ONE person complaining about the amount of AI slop around, and platforms are starting to take action regarding AI content: from automatically labeling it to penalizing users who upload low-quality content… platforms are taking action to a degree.
And LinkedIn is not the exception: they have started their own crackdown on AI slop. And we need to talk about it.
LinkedIn and the AI Slop Problem
For starters, we should note one thing: LinkedIn is not like the other platforms. The content on LinkedIn is not cute videos and HAHA memes (at least not most of the time)… it is supposed to be professional content, thought leadership, industry insights, and career updates. It is the platform where people go to network, hire, and be taken seriously. Which makes the AI slop problem there feel particularly bad: because the slop on LinkedIn is not just annoying, it is actively eroding trust in professional voices.
And the numbers back that up.
According to AI detection company Originality.ai, an estimated 81 percent of long-form posts on LinkedIn in July 2026 were likely AI-generated. That is up from roughly 50 percent in late 2024. In 2023, the number was close to zero. That means 4 of every 5 posts on LinkedIn are AI-Generated… that is not a small amount; that is almost ALL the content.
And that is why the “Seems like AI Slop” button exists.
Last week, LinkedIn rolled out a new feature to let users click a “seems like AI slop” button when someone’s post appears to have been written with AI. You find it by clicking the three dots at the top of any post (on the same menu where you would save or copy a link), and it lives right there alongside the other reporting options.
In theory, the feedback from the button will be used to determine how much reach a post gets outside of the poster’s network, meaning it won’t really ban your account or have repercussions on your access, but on your reach: flagging a post enough as slop will simply prevent it from spreading, or so LinkedIn’s chief product officer Hari Srinivasan explained. The idea is that user reports help LinkedIn tune its own AI classifiers to better identify low-quality content in the future.
Would The “Seems Like AI Slop” Button Solve The Issue?
Honestly, honestly, like HONESTLY… we don’t think so.
Let’s start stating the facts: the average person struggles to accurately identify AI-generated text, with around 50% to 53% accuracy; add to that the fact that AI detectors aren’t fully reliable… chances are a lot of non-AI posts will be reported as potential slop because people can’t really tell the difference and because what reads as generic garbage to one person might be genuinely useful to another. Since this is a human-driven reporting feature, it can be gamed: used less to flag low-quality content and more to suppress your views by someone who simply disagrees with you.
Adding to the obvious potential abuse, some parties remain suspicious about the feature overall, particularly because LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft… the same Microsoft that holds financial interest in the success of artificial intelligence and which is one of the biggest investors in OpenAI… How come LinkedIn is trying to fight AI slop and sell you AI tools? Kinda makes no sense.
And, hey! We are not saying this is a bad feature or that it HAS TO be removed (honestly, getting users involved in identifying AI slop is a reasonable approach when automated classifiers are still imperfect), but just as good as this is (because nobody likes AI slop), it is also an opportunity for people to get reported as AI, even for things that are not AI.
It is worth keeping an eye on how this plays out. LinkedIn has a complicated relationship with AI, and the “seems like AI slop” button is only as good as the intent behind it. For now, it is a step in the right direction, just not a guarantee that your feed is about to get dramatically better.
