LinkedIn Adds AI Slop Flag, Drops Enhance Post Feature After 3-Posts-a-Week Push

2 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Aug 4

LinkedIn last week rolled out a button letting users flag posts that “seem like AI slop” and removed its AI-powered “enhance your post” tool.
The company replaced that feature with a proofreader meant to preserve the author’s voice, responding to a flood of generic AI-assisted posts on the platform.
The report argues AI works best when it automates low-value process tied to a real outcome—such as drafting or research—but fails when it mass-produces content nobody truly needs.
90% of early legwork can be offloaded in high-stakes writing, the author says, but only when humans still verify, edit and stay accountable for the final result.
The broader takeaway is that AI slop reflects weak human judgment more than model capability: if no useful outcome disappears when the work stops, cancel it instead of automating it.

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After heavily promoting AI writing tools, what forced LinkedIn to suddenly backtrack and declare war on automated content?

Could LinkedIn’s new AI slop reporting tool secretly become a weapon for users to silence their professional competitors?

If human writing is mistakenly flagged as AI slop, how will creators prove their professional authenticity to an algorithm?

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