Hajra Naz
LinkedIn is fighting back against a growing problem. “AI slop” — low-quality, artificially generated content — is clogging up feeds everywhere. On Thursday, the company announced its solution. A new “seems like AI slop” button is coming. Users can now flag posts that look computer-written.
A Bigger Industry Trend
This isn’t happening in isolation. Online platforms everywhere are cracking down on AI-generated content. People are frustrated. They’re tired of inauthentic, robotic posts flooding their feeds.
Look at the pattern forming. Last week, newsletter platform Substack rolled out its own tool. It helps readers spot AI-written content, thanks to a partnership with Pangram. That same week, Pangram announced $9 million in fresh funding. Their mission? Fighting the flood of AI content across the internet.
The problem is hitting startups hard too. Digg shut down its Reddit competitor back in March. The reason? Bots overwhelmed the platform. The company simply couldn’t keep up.
Even bigger numbers back this up. Cloudflare, the internet infrastructure company, shared alarming data. Bot traffic has now surpassed human traffic online. That’s a major milestone, and it arrived faster than Cloudflare originally predicted.
LinkedIn Admits the Problem Is Real
Hari Srinivasan, LinkedIn’s chief product officer, didn’t sugarcoat things. In a recent LinkedIn post, he acknowledged the platform’s struggle directly.
“AI slop is a top priority for all of us,” he wrote. “We really care about this. People come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives, ideas, and expertise.”
That’s a strong statement from a Microsoft-owned platform facing real pressure.
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How the New Button Works
The “Seems like AI slop” button is just one piece of a larger strategy. LinkedIn is deploying multiple defenses simultaneously.
Automation defenses are already active. The platform now blocks hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts every single day. Over just the past couple of months, millions of other automation attempts got blocked too.
New classifiers are coming as well. These systems will identify AI slop and other low-quality content automatically. The goal? Reducing how much junk appears in your suggested content, especially posts from outside your network.
Here’s where the new button really matters. It feeds directly into this system. Every click provides a training signal. This helps LinkedIn’s AI models get better at spotting slop over time.
Private Feedback for Honest Users
Not every AI-assisted post is problematic, though. LinkedIn understands the difference between genuine slop and legitimate AI-assisted writing.
That’s why the company is introducing private dashboard flags. If your content reads as inauthentic due to heavy AI usage, you’ll get notified privately. This isn’t public shaming. It’s meant to help genuine posters improve their writing style naturally.
The distinction matters here. Someone using AI to polish their own ideas is different from someone posting pure AI-generated slop. LinkedIn wants to treat these cases differently.
Killing “Enhance Your Post”
Here’s a notable change. LinkedIn is retiring its “enhance your post” feature entirely. That tool previously used AI to help rewrite your content.
What’s replacing it? A simpler proofreading feature. Instead of changing your voice or rewriting your ideas, it’ll just clean up grammar and clarity. This keeps your authentic voice intact, while still offering writing support.
It’s a subtle but important shift. LinkedIn seems to be prioritizing authenticity over AI-polished perfection.
Additional Platform Updates
LinkedIn isn’t stopping there. Several other improvements are rolling out too, according to Srinivasan.
Profile and page verification tools are expanding. More users will gain access to these authenticity checks. Additionally, a new blocking option is coming. Users can now block comments from specific company pages they no longer want appearing in their feed.
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The Bigger Picture
LinkedIn’s move reflects a larger reckoning happening across the internet. As AI-generated content floods platforms everywhere, companies are scrambling for solutions.
Whether it’s Substack’s AI detection tools, Pangram’s growing funding, or Cloudflare’s bot-traffic data, the message is consistent. Digital platforms are fighting to preserve human authenticity in an increasingly automated online world.
For LinkedIn specifically, the stakes are high. The platform’s entire value proposition rests on real human connections and genuine professional insights. If AI slop erodes that trust, the platform risks losing what makes it valuable in the first place.
This latest crackdown suggests LinkedIn knows exactly what’s at risk, and it’s not waiting around to find out.
