LinkedIn’s “Seems like AI slop” button has been clicked more than one million times since the platform introduced it on July 30, 2026, according to chief product officer Hari Srinivasan. The button, accessible from the three-dot menu on any post, allows users to flag content they believe was generated by AI.
Srinivasan said in a Thursday post that the platform’s efforts appear to be having an effect: users are “now experiencing 40% less views on what we classify as AI slop from just a few weeks ago.” LinkedIn is also rolling out a new notification that will alert users when “Some members told us this post seems like AI,” with Srinivasan noting the company “approached this assuming good intent.”
LinkedIn launched the button weeks after AI detector Pangram found that 41 percent of LinkedIn’s longform posts were flagged as fully AI-generated, a finding first reported by 404 Media. Alongside the new button, LinkedIn introduced updated classifiers to identify AI-generated posts and removed a feature that had offered to “enhance your post” with AI.
“AI slop is a top priority for all of us,” Srinivasan said at the time of the button’s launch.
The move is part of a broader effort by LinkedIn to reduce low-quality, automated content on its platform. Earlier in 2026, the company also said it would crack down on comments created at scale “with little or no human involvement.”
The rapid adoption of the reporting button suggests that LinkedIn users may have been eager for a direct way to flag AI-generated content, though the longer-term impact on content quality across the platform remains to be seen.
Source: The Verge