LinkedIn's New AI Slop Feature

LinkedIn just added a button that every content creator needs to know about.

It’s being called the “AI Slop” button.

And it sends a pretty clear message about where LinkedIn is heading.

Users can now click the three dots on a post and select “Seems like AI slop” when content feels generic, low-quality, or overly AI-generated.

But there’s more happening behind the scenes.LinkedIn has also removed its generative “enhance your post” writing tool and replaced it with a simpler proofreader designed to preserve your natural voice.

Reports of AI slop aren't necessarily causing posts to be immediately removed or accounts to be banned. Instead, those reports can help LinkedIn improve the systems it uses to identify low-quality AI content.

And accounts repeatedly identified by those systems may begin seeing private indicators within their analytics.

This is something I have been saying for a long time:

AI isn't the problem. Losing your voice because of AI is.

Use AI to brainstorm.

Use it to organize your thoughts.

Use it to improve your writing.

Use it to save time.

But don't let AI turn you into another person posting the same generic content everyone else is posting.

LinkedIn is built around human connection, and your content should still sound like it came from a human.

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