LinkedIn just added a button to flag AI slop. Then quietly nerfed two things creators have relied on for years: comment-for-lead-magnet posts and CTAs asking for reshares.
I've seen it firsthand. Posts that normally hit half a million views in a week getting capped at 500. Removed the CTA and watched it climb to 20,000.
My take on the lead magnet suppression: it's the wrong call. The only people commenting on those posts are people who actually want what you're offering. That's not spam — that's an engaged audience self-selecting. LinkedIn should think twice.
But the broader signal? It's good for those of us who do the work.
LinkedIn's own CPO called AI slop a "top priority." Over a million people clicked the new button in two weeks. Views on flagged content dropped 40%. The platform is enforcing quality now — and that means posting five times a week is only an advantage if what you're posting is worth reading.
AI can help you research, find angles, and organize your thinking. But the post itself needs to come from your brain.
Do epic things. Write about them. That's still the playbook — and now LinkedIn is enforcing it.
https://fortune.com/2026/07/31/linkedin-seems-like-ai-slop-button-billions-automated-comments-attempts/#LinkedIn#B2BMarketing…more
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