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LinkedIn's New Anti-Slop Button is Coming to Every Platform
LinkedIn is testing an 'AI slop' flag to combat automated content, joining a growing trend of platforms struggling with AI-generated feed saturation.
What: LinkedIn introduced a flagging tool for users to report AI-generated spam. This follows a July study attributing two-thirds of long-form AI content on major platforms to LinkedIn, mirroring similar efforts like TikTok's content slider and Pinterest’s AI settings.
Why it matters: Social platforms are increasingly forced to build manual reporting tools as their internal detection models fail to distinguish between useful content and mass-produced 'slop' generated by automated tools.
Decoder
- AI slop: A pejorative term used to describe low-quality, automated, or synthetic content produced in high volume by generative AI models that provides little value to human readers.
Original article
LinkedIn has introduced a button letting users flag posts as "AI slop," aiming to help the platform refine detection models and improve feeds. The move follows a July study finding two-thirds of AI-flagged long-form posts across major platforms originated on LinkedIn, reflecting a wider industry struggle with automated content. Similar tools have emerged elsewhere, including Pinterest's AI content settings, TikTok's AI-content slider, and Substack's integration with detection service Pangram.
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