LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
Often these posts take some sort of news event, and opine on how this relates to thought leadership, or some other LinkedIn brainrot term. When I clicked the “seems like AI slop button,” LinkedIn told me, “Thanks for letting us know. Your feedback helps improve the feed.” It then hid the post itself.
- ▪Often these posts take some sort of news event, and opine on how this relates to thought leadership, or some other LinkedIn brainrot term.
- ▪When I clicked the “seems like AI slop button,” LinkedIn told me, “Thanks for letting us know.
- ▪Your feedback helps improve the feed.” It then hid the post itself.
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| Original publisher | 404 Media |
| Canonical URL | https://www.404media.co/linkedin-introduces-a-seems-like-ai-slop-button/ |
| Publication time | Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:34:29 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-30T14:37:05.278Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-30T14:37:05.278Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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LinkedIn, a social network awash with long AI-generated posts from executives and other corporate workers, has introduced a new button that users can click to flag if a post “seems like AI slop,” according to 404 Media’s own tests.If you have been anywhere near LinkedIn in the past couple of years, you have undoubtedly seen users posting blatantly AI-generated missives. Often these posts take some sort of news event, and opine on how this relates to thought leadership, or some other LinkedIn brainrot term.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at 404 Media.
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