Users mash LinkedIn's AI slop button 1M+ times in 3 weeks

In the span of three weeks, LinkedIn users have collectively pressed the "Seems like AI slop" button over one million times since its introduction at the end of July. LinkedIn's Chief Product Officer, Hari Srinivasan, reported that compared to the period before the AI slop reporting button, users who copy-paste AI-generated posts are experiencing approximately 40 percent fewer views.

Srinivasan emphasized that while progress has been made, LinkedIn remains committed to ensuring the platform remains a place where genuine people and perspectives can be discovered. He reiterated that individual feedback does not influence the extent to which a post is shared, either within or outside a user's network, and distribution is determined by various signals.

Srinivasan also mentioned that users will soon receive messages in their analytics dashboards to gauge how viewers are responding to their posts. If users believe there is excessive AI usage, the platform will communicate this to them. Any logged-in user can report a post suspected of being AI slop via the platform's three-dot option menu.

Srinivasan clarified that there is a distinction between AI and "slop" on LinkedIn. The company believes individuals have the right to use AI to enhance their authenticity, rather than relying solely on automated AI detectors. Behind the scenes, LinkedIn is developing various automatic detection mechanisms for AI slop content. Prior to the button's launch, LinkedIn had already utilized these detections to identify hundreds of thousands of AI-slop comments daily and billions of other automation attempts, such as slop posts and rapid posting, within just a few months.

In addition to the slop button, LinkedIn removed its AI-driven "enhance your post" feature in July, replacing it with a proofreader. Merriam-Webster declared "slop" as its word of the year for 2025, noting that it encompasses a wide range of lazily compiled content, including fake news, slop posts on social media, propaganda, and even issues like AI slop bug reports in the security space.