Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button | SpinGraph: Responsibility framing
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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Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button
AI slop, LinkedIn, AI detection, user reporting
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
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.
Responsible platform steward responding transparently to user and third-party signals about AI integrity.
LinkedIn launched an 'AI slop' button and over 1 million users clicked it, showing strong user demand for AI content transparency.
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
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.
Over a million people have clicked LinkedIn’s 'Seems like AI slop' button.
According to a Thursday post from chief product officer Hari Srinivasan, 'over a million people' have clicked on the button
Extracted statistics from the source narrative
Self-reported figure from LinkedIn CPO's social post
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