Over a million people have clicked LinkedIn's "seems like AI slop" button in just a few weeks - so why is my feed still full of it?

Date:
Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:05:00 +0000

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The battle against LinkedIn AI slop is going well for those of us who like to use our brains.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The first salvo of the war against AI slop on LinkedIn looks to be going the right way for those of us who can actually use our imaginations, the company has said.

LinkedIn Chief Product Officer Hari Srinivasan has revealed over a million people have clicked the seems like AI slop report option in the two weeks since its launch - and I've definitely clicked it a few times. Srinivasan
says that these reports, along with changes to LinkedIn's detection systems, have cut views of content classified as AI slop by 40% - although sadly my feed is still pretty full of it. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full
video here: "Low-quality content" crackdown In his post, Srinivasan noted the feedback was, "helping us better understand how our community experiences low-quality content" across LinkedIn, suggesting stricter clampdowns to come.

The first stage of this is launching now, so if one of your posts receives enough community feedback (aka is reported as AI slop), you may see a message in your Post Analytics, "to help you understand how your content is being received". You may like I can't believe it's taken LinkedIn so long to push back against AI slop but will its changes really stop all the cringey updates? Study finds nearly half of all LinkedIn long posts are AI-generated, and that's only the start TikTok says AI-generated spam crowds out original creators

"We approached this assuming good intent; I know I'm increasingly conscious
on how to not sound like AI & the goal is to provide helpful feedback," Srinivasan says.

"Importantly, no single piece of feedback determines how content is distributed," he added. "We look at many signals together, and we've built safeguards to help prevent individual feedback from being used to unfairly target other members." Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners
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"Despite the progress, we know we have more to do to ensure LinkedIn remains
a place where you can find real people & real perspectives... this all
remains very top of mind," Srinivasan concluded, suggesting further actions may come soon. (Image credit: LinkedIn) The company announced it was cracking down on AI slop in early August 2026 , when Srinivasan declared it was, "a
top priority for all of us. We really care about this...people come to LinkedIn to connect with real people and share their real perspectives, ideas and expertise."

To report a post, users just need to click on the three dots at the top-right of any LinkedIn post, and among the usual options to save, share or embed, you'll see a new option - "Seems like AI slop".

Srinivasan added that Microsoft -owned LinkedIn will, "continue to improve
and invest in our automation defences..on comments alone, everyday we are now catching hundreds of thousands of automated comment attempts, and have
blocked billions of other automation attempts (posting at scale, slop) in the last couple months alone." Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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