From the first moment on, I have been optimistic about this new trend, and a recent video from Sam Corrao Clanon, LinkedIn's Director of Product, gives my optimism more substance.
He clearly states that this reporting won't affect the author or their post's visibility. Will not. No. I repeat, no direct effect.
So this is clearly not a way to attack someone.
And btw, yes, there are such ways around already, but I definitely won't encourage you to do that by telling you how. Let's just say that a good defense is to have a verified profile and follow LinkedIn's terms.
Now, the second concern that was voiced about this new feature seems to be more legit. People can't really differentiate between AI and non-AI slop. True. And Sam does not address it directly in his video. But does that really matter?
You, as an author, will get feedback that your content seems to be AI slop. That is valuable information to any reasonable author. The algorithm will get notified about what kind of content generally lacks substance and should become less visible.
I don't see a problem here.
At first, I speculated that this would also discourage people from publishing slop in the first place. Nah, with no direct impact on the author, this is less probable. But it still helps. The "Enhance with AI" feature is gone from LinkedIn. An AI slop feature in the comments section is coming. Maybe even in the DMs.
Yep, hate me all you want; I like it. I may be wrong and no one know for sure befere they finish this change. But yep, this looks great.
You can still use AI to improve your grammar and wording. I certainly do. But you can't spam other people with mindless slop anymore. More quality, less quantity. Dear LinkedIn team, please continue.