LinkedIn's "Seems like AI slop" button: what it does, what it doesn't.
Updated 21 September 2026 · 5 min readOn 30 July 2026 LinkedIn added a new option to the three-dot menu on every post: "Seems like AI slop". More than a million members used it in the first two weeks. It is the first thing LinkedIn has shipped that is aimed at the writing rather than the writer, and it is widely described as a filter. It is not one. Here is what happens when you click it, what LinkedIn has said since, and what to use if you want generated posts gone before you read them.
Where it is
Open the menu in the top-right corner of any post (the three dots) and pick Seems like AI slop. It sits with the other feedback options: "I don't want to see this", Unfollow, Report post. LinkedIn's chief product officer, Hari Srinivasan, announced it as a way "for members to tell us if they believe a post or comment seems like AI slop", so expect it on comments as well as posts.
What happens when you click it
- The post leaves your feed. Like "I don't want to see this", the card you flagged disappears for you.
- LinkedIn records a signal. In Srinivasan's words: "Slop is hard to define and the definition changes; this lets us tune our models and make better feeds." Your click is training data for LinkedIn's classifier, not a personal setting.
- The author may hear about it. LinkedIn is adding private feedback in post analytics when readers flag a post as AI-heavy. LinkedIn frames it as feedback, not a penalty.
- Reach can drop, for everyone. LinkedIn says its models decide reach from "many signals" and that it has "built safeguards to help prevent individual feedback from being used to unfairly target other members". One click will not bury a post. A pattern of clicks, plus the classifier's own view, can.
The numbers LinkedIn has shared
- More than 1,000,000 members used the option in its first two weeks.
- Views of content LinkedIn classifies as AI slop are down 40% "from just a few weeks ago" (Srinivasan, 21 August 2026).
- LinkedIn had already been cutting the reach of posts built on stock phrasing such as "it's not X, it's Y", and it removed the "enhance your post" rewrite button when the report option shipped.
- How much of the feed is generated depends on who counts. Pangram found 41% of the long-form posts it reviewed were fully AI-written; Originality.AI's study put likely-AI long-form posts at 81%.
What LinkedIn has not published: the accuracy of its classifier, how many flags it takes to matter, or what happens to an account that keeps drawing them.
The button next to the other controls
| Seems like AI slop | I don't want to see this | Unfollow / Mute | NoSlop for LinkedIn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When it acts | After you have read the post | After you have read the post | On that person's future posts | Before you read, as each post appears |
| Scope | One post | One post | One person | Every post in the feed |
| Looks at the writing | No, you do | No | No | Yes, scores the text |
| Tells you why | No | No | No | Yes, reasons on the card |
| Affects the author | Private feedback; reach may drop | No | No | No; nothing is sent to LinkedIn |
| Your threshold | LinkedIn's | None | None | Lenient, Balanced or Strict |
Third-party detectors and feed blockers sit in between these: the comparison.
What the button can't do
- It is not a setting. There is no "hide posts that seem like AI slop" toggle anywhere in LinkedIn. The option exists only on a post you are already looking at.
- It works one post at a time, after the read. The cost it is meant to save, three paragraphs to discover they say nothing, has been paid by the time you click.
- It does not score. No number, no reasons, no threshold of your own.
- It does not learn your taste. LinkedIn describes it as a signal for its models, not as a preference for your feed. "I don't want to see this" is the personal one.
- It follows LinkedIn's definition of slop, which its own product chief calls hard to define. A polished human post can be flagged; a bland generated one can sail through.
Should you click it?
Yes, on the obvious ones: the contrast-hook, staccato-paragraph, "Agree?" posts every reader recognises. It is the only signal LinkedIn's ranking gets from you about writing quality, and it costs nothing. Do not use it as a dislike button for opinions you disagree with. LinkedIn says safeguards exist for exactly that, and the author sees the feedback.
If you want slop hidden before you read it
NoSlop for LinkedIn is a free Chrome extension that does the part the button leaves out. It reads every post as it appears in your feed and collapses the ones that read like generated text into a one-line card with the reasons spelled out. One click brings a post back. Out of the box it runs eleven pattern rules on your device: no account, no network calls, one permission.
Turn on Slop Score and every post also gets a calibrated "% AI" badge from Jev, TypeSafe AI's decision model, so you set the line yourself: Lenient, Balanced or Strict. Nothing is sent to LinkedIn and the author is never affected; it changes only what your browser shows. It filters posts written by AI, not posts about AI.
The longer guide covers LinkedIn's per-person controls and the eight tells of a generated post: How to hide AI-generated posts on LinkedIn.
Frequently asked
Does the "Seems like AI slop" button hide the post?
For you, yes: the post you flag leaves your feed, the same as "I don't want to see this". It does not hide the author's other posts, and it hides nothing from other people. Any drop in reach comes from LinkedIn's models weighing many flags together with their own classification.
Does the author know I flagged their post?
LinkedIn is rolling out private feedback in post analytics that tells authors when people found a post AI-heavy. LinkedIn has not said that the people who flagged it are named. Treat it as anonymous but not invisible.
Is there a setting to hide all AI-generated posts on LinkedIn?
No. As of September 2026 LinkedIn offers the per-post report, the per-person Unfollow and Mute controls, and the Top/Recent sort. A browser extension such as NoSlop for LinkedIn is the only way to filter the feed by the writing itself.
Did the button reduce AI slop on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn says views of what it classifies as AI slop fell 40% in the weeks after launch. That measures the reach of posts LinkedIn already labels as slop; it says nothing about how many generated posts are published. Independent studies still put generated long-form posts somewhere between roughly 40% and 80% of the total.
What counts as AI slop?
LinkedIn has not published a definition; its chief product officer called slop "hard to define" and said the definition changes. In practice readers flag the same habits: contrast hooks ("It's not X. It's Y."), corporate openers, em-dash stacks, one-sentence paragraphs, emoji bullets, invented setback-and-lesson stories, and closers that ask for agreement or reposts.
Sources
- TechCrunch, 30 July 2026: LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated 'slop'
- Mic Adam on LinkedIn, 2 August 2026: Is "Seems like AI slop" LinkedIn's most daring button?
- Engadget, 21 August 2026: LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working
- Fortune, 25 August 2026: Over 1 million people clicked LinkedIn's 'seems like AI slop' button
- TechSpot, August 2026: People have clicked the "Seems like AI slop" button over a million times (Pangram's 41% figure)
- Originality.AI: LinkedIn AI content study (the 81% figure)
Spotted an error, or a post the filter got wrong: hello@noslop.lol. What the extension does with data is on the privacy page.