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@nxthompson I believe LinkedIn is an inherently flawed platform. Most people do not want to spend their time posting on there. Unless you have the money to pay someone to do it for you, "AI generated Temu thought leadership" (c/o @jsstansel) will be the obvious outcome.
7:07 AM · Jul 16, 2026@nxthompson It is a doom loop now. People write AI slop. People stop reading it because it is AI slop. “Organic reach metrics” drop. People figure they need more content for more reach. People write more AI slop And there you go
10:54 AM · Jul 16, 2026@nxthompson "Machines commenting on machines' posts? How perverse!"
8:41 AM · Jul 16, 2026View all
I think the biggest tell is they're all too long, lacking in contractions, use stuffy/overly formal word choice, and sound similar in style because the prompters can't actually judge the output, aka "the verification problem" better known as "if you don't already know what you're doing and/or don't have good taste/discernment then AI is actually less than worthless to you and only magnifies your suck problem."
6:54 AM · Jul 16, 2026Oof. Close to half of those long LinkedIn posts that sound like they’re written by AI are in fact written by AI.
6:44 AM · Jul 16, 2026@nxthompson totally surprised it's not more
7:13 AM · Jul 16, 2026