Changes
46 times LinkedIn's guidance has changed, newest first.
10 of 46 changes about Comments. Show all
2026
CommentsSep 2026
LinkedIn added member reports of AI slop to help inform the classifiers that limit generic, inauthentic content.
Before
Keeping conversations real on LinkedIn“Expand Your Impact: 5 Best Practices + 5 ChatGPT… Donald Cohen 1 year ago The Comment That Converts: Your Guide to LinkedIn… Sonal Snehal Shah 1 year ago 5 New LinkedIn & ChatGPT Tips to Save Time, Create… Donald Cohen 1 year ago - Comments members create and post at scale using automation tools, with little or no human involvement - Responses that simply restate the original post without sharing anything new When content appears to be generated by AI and lacks clear perspective, it is less likely to be widely distributed beyond a person’s immediate network, which helps keep space for more thoughtful contributions.”
After
How LinkedIn is Continuing to Tackle AI Slop“- Introduction of “Seems Like AI Slop”: The ability for members to provide feedback on posts and comments they believe are AI slop, namely low-quality, generic, inauthentic content, by clicking on the three dots on the top right side of a post and reporting content as “seems like AI slop.””
CommentsSep 2026
LinkedIn added member reports of AI slop to help inform the classifiers that limit generic, inauthentic content.
Before
Keeping conversations real on LinkedIn“the surface. Beyond posts, this also will recognize and take action: - Comments members create and post at scale using automation tools, with little or no human involvement - Responses that simply restate the original post without sharing anything new When content appears to be generated by AI and lacks clear perspective, it is less likely to be widely distributed beyond a person's immediate network, which helps keep space for more thoughtful contributions.”
After
How LinkedIn is Continuing to Tackle AI Slop“- Introduction of “Seems Like AI Slop”: The ability for members to provide feedback on posts and comments they believe are AI slop, namely low-quality, generic, inauthentic content, by clicking on the three dots on the top right side of a post and reporting content as “seems like AI slop.””
CommentsJun 2026
Limited distribution expanded beyond automated comments to AI-generated responses that merely repeat a post or lack a clear perspective.
Before
What We’re Doing to Support Authentic Content and Conversations on LinkedIn“Reaching out to members whose actions showed signs of participation in engagement pods or use of automation tools, reminding them of our policies and warning of possible account restrictions and removals from LinkedIn programs, including Top Voices Reducing Automated Comments Automated comments are comments posted to LinkedIn using a browser extension, script, or third party tool.”
After
Keeping conversations real on LinkedIn“the surface. Beyond posts, this also will recognize and take action: - Comments members create and post at scale using automation tools, with little or no human involvement - Responses that simply restate the original post without sharing anything new When content appears to be generated by AI and lacks clear perspective, it is less likely to be widely distributed beyond a person's immediate network, which helps keep space for more thoughtful contributions.”
CommentsMay 2026
Limited distribution expanded beyond automated comments to AI-generated responses that merely repeat a post or lack a clear perspective.
Before
What We’re Doing to Support Authentic Content and Conversations on LinkedIn“Reaching out to members whose actions showed signs of participation in engagement pods or use of automation tools, reminding them of our policies and warning of possible account restrictions and removals from LinkedIn programs, including Top Voices Reducing Automated Comments Automated comments are comments posted to LinkedIn using a browser extension, script, or third party tool.”
After
Keeping conversations real on LinkedIn“Expand Your Impact: 5 Best Practices + 5 ChatGPT… Donald Cohen 1 year ago The Comment That Converts: Your Guide to LinkedIn… Sonal Snehal Shah 1 year ago 5 New LinkedIn & ChatGPT Tips to Save Time, Create… Donald Cohen 1 year ago - Comments members create and post at scale using automation tools, with little or no human involvement - Responses that simply restate the original post without sharing anything new When content appears to be generated by AI and lacks clear perspective, it is less likely to be widely distributed beyond a person’s immediate network, which helps keep space for more thoughtful contributions.”
CommentsMar 2026
LinkedIn added specific consequences for comment automation, including exclusion from Most Relevant comments, limited visibility, and account restrictions.
Before
LinkedIn: Where Real Conversations Matter“Top LinkedIn Feed Questions of 2025 Gyanda Sachdeva 10 months ago Is it the End for LinkedIn? Keith Rozelle, Sales Marvel 1 year ago The Quiet LinkedIn Update That Changes How You Should… Kunal Gupta 1 month ago Keeping Engagement Real If you’ve ever come across content that just doesn’t feel authentic, and you can’t quite put your finger on why a post has a lot of engagement, yet lacks in value.”
After
What We’re Doing to Support Authentic Content and Conversations on LinkedIn“Reaching out to members whose actions showed signs of participation in engagement pods or use of automation tools, reminding them of our policies and warning of possible account restrictions and removals from LinkedIn programs, including Top Voices Reducing Automated Comments Automated comments are comments posted to LinkedIn using a browser extension, script, or third party tool.”
CommentsMar 2026
The general effort to curb automated comments gained explicit visibility penalties and possible account restrictions.
Before
How LinkedIn Is Improving the Feed to Show More Relevant, Authentic Professional Content“What’s changing in the LinkedIn Feed and why it matters - Smarter content ranking using Generative Recommenders and LLMs: LinkedIn is rolling out more advanced models that better understand what posts are about and how members’ interests change over time.”
After
What We’re Doing to Support Authentic Content and Conversations on LinkedIn“Reaching out to members whose actions showed signs of participation in engagement pods or use of automation tools, reminding them of our policies and warning of possible account restrictions and removals from LinkedIn programs, including Top Voices Reducing Automated Comments Automated comments are comments posted to LinkedIn using a browser extension, script, or third party tool.”
CommentsMar 2026
LinkedIn specified that curbing comment automation can include hiding comments from ranked results and restricting accounts.
Before
Updates to The LinkedIn Feed Focusing on Authentic, Relevant Conversations“Second, it looks at how you engage with content over time, including what you've interacted with and content you have (or have not) reviewed. By understanding these patterns, the Feed can continue to surface posts that matter most to you.”
After
What We’re Doing to Support Authentic Content and Conversations on LinkedIn“Reaching out to members whose actions showed signs of participation in engagement pods or use of automation tools, reminding them of our policies and warning of possible account restrictions and removals from LinkedIn programs, including Top Voices Reducing Automated Comments Automated comments are comments posted to LinkedIn using a browser extension, script, or third party tool.”
2021
CommentsFeb 2021
Comment controls expanded beyond enabling or disabling comments to include allowing only connections to comment.
Before
New Features to Get the Most From Posting on LinkedIn“to share a draft before you hit publish. Click on “Share Draft” in the article edit menu to get the link - only those who you share the link with will be able to see the draft.”
After
Guide: Features to Help You Control Your Feed and Conversations“to engage only a specific audience. For example, you might want to ask your connections, who you know and trust, for a particular piece of advice. You can quickly indicate the audience you want to reach while creating your post.”
2017
CommentsAug 2017
Disabling comments expanded from long-form articles to all posts and articles.
Before
Giving You More Choice Over Your Content on LinkedIn“will be deleted. You have the control to turn commenting on or off at any time. While this is currently available for long-form articles only, we’ll soon add the option to turn off comments on all of your LinkedIn posts.”
After
New Features to Get the Most From Posting on LinkedIn“to share a draft before you hit publish. Click on “Share Draft” in the article edit menu to get the link - only those who you share the link with will be able to see the draft.”
CommentsAug 2017
Disabling comments expanded from long-form articles to all posts and articles.
Before
Giving members more choice over their content on LinkedIn“will be deleted. You have the control to turn commenting on or off at any time. While this is currently available for long-form articles only, we’ll soon add the option to turn off comments on all of your LinkedIn posts.”
After
New Features to Get the Most From Posting on LinkedIn“to share a draft before you hit publish. Click on “Share Draft” in the article edit menu to get the link - only those who you share the link with will be able to see the draft.”