LinkedIn's AI slop button used by 1M+ people in two weeks; flagged posts see 40% fewer views
thedealdirector · x · 2026-09-15
- LinkedIn's "report AI slop" button has been used by over 1 million people in its first two weeks, and flagged posts now see 40% fewer views.
- The same week it shipped, LinkedIn removed its own AI writing tools ("Write with AI" and "Enhance your post").
- The key insight: readers detect patterns — 3-line hooks, 5 bullets, one-line closers, "not X just Y" phrasing — not AI itself, so even human-written formulaic posts get reported.
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