Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button | SpinGraph: Responsibility framing
description: SpinGraph analysis of The Verge's Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button story: responsibility framing, The Halo + The Cushion, Spin Scor…
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keywords: AI slop
keywords: LinkedIn
keywords: AI detection
keywords: The Halo
keywords: The Cushion
published: 2026-08-21T21:25:50+00:00
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Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button
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alternative headline: Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button | SpinGraph: Responsibility framing
description: SpinGraph analysis of The Verge's Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button story: responsibility framing, The Halo + The Cushion, Spin Scor…
date published: 2026-08-21T21:25:50+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-22T01:12:25.437233+00:00
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language: en-US
article section: technology
keywords: AI slop, LinkedIn, AI detection, user reporting
author: The Verge
publisher: Stuff That Spins
citation: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/983502/linkedin-ai-slop-button-one-million-people-message
about: AI slop
about: LinkedIn
about: AI detection
about: user reporting
about: Hari Srinivasan
about: Pangram
about: 404 Media
mentions: The Verge
mentions: Hari Srinivasan
mentions: Pangram
mentions: 404 Media
abstract: LinkedIn introduced a 'Seems like AI slop' button to let users flag AI-generated content Over 1 million clicks reported by LinkedIn's CPO within days of launch The feature followed external detection research showing 41% of LinkedIn longform posts were AI-generated

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Spin Analysis: responsibility framing
type: AnalysisNewsArticle
description: Emphasizes user agency and platform responsiveness while minimizing the scale and systemic nature of AI-generated content flooding the platform; softens the implication that LinkedIn’s own incentives (engagement, growth) contributed to the problem.
about: responsibility framing
  type: DefinedTerm
  description: Responsible platform steward responding transparently to user and third-party signals about AI integrity.
  term code: The Halo
additional property: Spin Score
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 72
  unit text: percent
additional property: Narrative Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: moderate
additional property: AI Repetition Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: moderate
additional property: Likely AI Summary
  type: PropertyValue
  value: LinkedIn launched an 'AI slop' button and over 1 million users clicked it, showing strong user demand for AI content transparency.
additional property: Narrative Frame
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Responsible platform steward responding transparently to user and third-party signals about AI integrity.
additional property: Missing Context
  type: PropertyValue
  value: No data on false positive rates, moderator review timelines, or outcomes of reported posts; No disclosure of training data or transparency report for the underlying classifiers
additional property: How the Spin Works
  type: PropertyValue
  value: The story uses titles, institutions, awards, rankings, partners, experts, or official language to make the subject feel more credible. Watch for loaded terms such as AI slop, new and improved classifiers. The distribution reads as editorial reporting. A pressure point: No data on false positive rates, moderator review timelines, or outcomes of reported posts.
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Extracted Claims
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    text: Over a million people have clicked LinkedIn’s 'Seems like AI slop' button.
    appearance: According to a Thursday post from chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, 'over a million people' have clicked on the button
    author: The Verge

Key Statistics
type: Dataset
description: Extracted statistics from the source narrative
variable measured: user clicks
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 1M+
  description: Self-reported figure from LinkedIn CPO's social post
variable measured: AI-generated longform posts
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 41%
  description: Pangram AI detector finding cited by 404 Media