Is LinkedIn really going to let people report posts as “AI slop”?

This week on Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim get into LinkedIn’s latest advice on “insight + personality,” the new “Seems like AI slop” report button, Substack and Pangram’s AI detection push, Adam Robinson’s AI whiplash, and one deeply unhinged Claude-in-Slack moment.

Basically: everyone wants more humanity, but half the internet is asking Claude how to sound human.

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LET'S NOODLE:

Nick Bennett's post

Sara Stella Lattanzio's post

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CLOSED WON:

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Everyone keeps announcing their LinkedIn breakup, and somehow nobody ever actually leaves.

Tas and Tim opened on the platform question the whole industry keeps circling, whether the grass is really greener over on X, TikTok, or anywhere that is not LinkedIn, and whether piling up followers on a new feed does anything for actual revenue or just scratches the dopamine itch.  

From there it only got weirder, with LinkedIn sliding into dating-app territory, beehiiv's CEO inviting customers to roast the product in public, the growing idea that marketers now need a GitHub portfolio to be taken seriously, AI testimonial videos that feel a little too fake to trust, and Adam Robinson texting 1,335 prospects with an AI clone of himself just to see if anyone would notice.  

It was a full one, which usually means it was a good one. So, is anyone really leaving LinkedIn, or is this just the annual ritual of pretending we might? Tell us in the comments, or send this to the coworker who has announced their LinkedIn breakup three times already.  

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This week we talk about:

Stripe and Advent's reported $53B bid to buy PayPal, Dentsu's 360i agency getting caught copy-pasting an entire newsletter writer's Substack in their "State of Social" report with zero credit, and Kieran Flanagan's new "Content Taste" AI skill promises to teach LinkedIn creators taste and our special guest is not having it.

Plus: the LinkedIn "death spiral" algorithm trend, a rescinded job offer after 15 interviews, and getting laid off while on parental leave.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Trailer: Intro

1:47 - Stripe Buys Paypal

6:41 - The LinkedIn "Death Spiral"

11:23 - Offer Rescinded After 15 Interviews

27:31 - 360i Plagiarized Link in Bio

34:40 - MLK Quote as Cold Outreach

38:36 - Laid Off While on Parental Leave

46:34 - Kieran Flanagan's AI taste skill

1:02:58 - Ashley Sava's Writing While Everyone AI's

1:12:41 - Big Creators ask for engagement payments

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Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠

Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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URGENT ALL HANDS:

⁠Stripe and Advent Bid - $53.4B for Paypal⁠

LET'S NOODLE:

The LinkedIn "Death Spiral"

⁠Melissa Rosenthal's Post⁠

Offer Rescinded After 15 Interviews

⁠Kyle Lacy's post⁠

Plagiarized Link in Bio

⁠Joe Lazer's post⁠

BIG PROMPT ENERGY:

Kieran Flanagan built an AI skill to inject "taste" into content

⁠Kieran's Post⁠

CLOSED WON:

Ashley Sava's Writing While Everyone AI's⁠ Ashley's Post ⁠

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In this episode, we break down the Hubspot data enrichment sharing fiasco - the announcement, the backlash, and the reversal.

Then we move on to how Meta is letting AI use your Instagram photos, a move sure to spark privacy concerns for many B2B marketers. It's a bold play that could reshape how we think about content ownership online.

Wait, there's more…we also dive into Google Search Console's first major update in years, Stripe's new media ventures, a B2B marketing glossary for newcomers, and a truly epic AI agent saving someone’s sight.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Trailer: Meta Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Pics in AI Images

3:56 - HubSpot's CRM Data Grab and Full Walk-Back

24:08 - Stripe's Off-Topic Media Play

33:34 - Meta Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Pics in AI Images

41:39 - An AI Agent Saves Someone From Going Blind

45:50 - Google Search Console Adds Social Tracking

50:18 - 37 Years at Microsoft, Still Laid Off

54:42 - A B2B Marketing Glossary for Newcomers

1:02:15 - The AI Bro Who Saves 168 Hours a Week

1:04:21 - If I Was the One on the Empire State Building

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Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠

Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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URGENT ALL HANDS

HubSpot Topic:⁠Semir Jahic Post ⁠⁠Caitlin Post ⁠⁠Duncan Lennox Post ⁠

LET'S NOODLE

Meta Use Instagram Pics

⁠Rebecca Bultsma's Post⁠

BIG PROMPT ENERGY

AI Agent Saves Someone From Going Blind

⁠Kate Udalova's Post ⁠

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Zoom announces it’s acquiring Common Room and inches closer to being an all-in-one revenue platform?? Anthropic’s Fable 5 access is back after the government put a hold on it, and OpenAI delayed its IPO to 2027 while blaming the weather (the market weather, apparently).

Also, an employee gets fired over an Elmo meme, a 28-year-old faked 4 million customers to sell JPMorgan a $175 million lie, and a couple of Closed Lost gems made the case that LinkedIn is basically Tinder now.

Timestamps

00:00 - Cold open: Zoom is buying Common Room 01:04 - Welcome back (Tas is on PTO, holiday week) 01:39 - Urgent All Hands 01:42 - Zoom acquires Common Room 03:37 - Anthropic restores Fable 5 access 04:54 - OpenAI delays its IPO to 2027 and blames the weather 07:10 - Let's Noodle: fired over an Elmo meme on Facebook 09:54 - A 28-year-old faked 4M customers and sold the lie to JPMorgan for $175M 13:48 - Closed Lost 14:16 - Alvin Edfors on agencies bragging about "matched with your wife on Tinder" subject lines 15:15 - Nika Kotláriková on LinkedIn becoming Tinder

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Tim Davidson – ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠⁠

Tas Bober – ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠⁠

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Tim Davidson unpacks the wild story of Cyber Dive Co-Founder Jeffrey Gottfurcht, now facing federal wire fraud charges after allegedly embezzling $1.5 million from his company. He blew it on a Lamborghini, a diamond ring, and a house for an escort he was seeing. You can't make this stuff up.

Wait, there's more… Also hear about using AI for dog branding, a "Claude" impersonator's Slack antics, and LinkedIn's truly awful new mobile UI.

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Timestamps:

0:00 – Trailer: Co-Founder Removed After Embezzlement Leads to Federal Criminal Case

2:53 – Co-Founder Removed After Embezzlement Leads to Federal Criminal Case (full story)

7:47 – Claude Code Got My Google Ads Account Banned

13:06 – Claude Is Gonna Start Asking for Your Passport???

18:35 – LinkedIn's New Mobile UI Is... Trash

23:14 – Using AI to Build a Dog a Personal Brand So He Can Start Paying Rent

25:14 – Declaring Every Writing Rule Dead and Asking if We Are Okay

29:03 – Changed Profile Pic and Name to "Claude" to Spy on Company Secrets in Slack and Got Roasted Instead

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Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠

Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

Special Guest: Chelsea Castle –⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseacastle/⁠

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This week, Tim and Tas circle back to a massive acquisition, where Salesforce spent billions on Intercom, yet for two years claimed they already had the same capabilities with their own "Agentforce."

Wait, there's more… We're also diving into the official US ban of Anthropic's Fable 5 and what Anthropic's statement is REALLY trying to say, and SpaceX buying Cursor for $60B.

As always, we balance out the serious with the fun with a series of terrible outreach and some funny posts in our Closed Won segment.

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0:00 – Trailer: Salesforce Bought Intercom for $3.68B, Proving Agentforce Was a Complete Joke

2:39 – Fable Is Banned in the US

9:52 – SpaceX Officially Going to Acquire Cursor for $60B

12:25 – Salesforce Bought Intercom for $3.68B (full discussion)

16:08 – Terrible Outreach

27:40 – Someone Built an Ad Marketplace on the Claude Code Loading Spinner

30:48 – AI Founders Pivoting From "AI Replaced My Team" to "Culture Is Our Moat"

32:06 – Typos and AI Tells: Roxana Irimia & Karen Kluss on Writing Like a Human

34:46 – Ask Mambo No. 5 Instead of Fable 5

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Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠

Tas Bober –⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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Jason Lemkin’s SaaStr is making headlines this week, and we’re ripping into the implications. The world’s biggest SaaS conference is hiring a *human* marketer to report to its AI agent “10K,” which already drives 80% of their marketing and manages eight figures in revenue.

Wait, there's more… We’re talking about LinkedIn DMs turning into true love, the ethics of telling candidates why they were rejected, and Chris Walker's take on honest Series A announcements.

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Timestamps:

0:00 – Trailer

1:59 – SaaStr Is Hiring a Human Marketer (Report to Its AI VP of Marketing)

9:04 – Limestone Digital's Rejection Email Goes Viral

17:51 – The Biggest Scam on LinkedIn Is Commenting

23:57 – Big Prompt Energy: Anthropic, OpenAI & Siri Updates

31:33 – A Podcast Scam Targets Colin Fitzpatrick

36:35 – Katie Kersh Met the Love of Her Life Through a Cold DM

43:08 – LinkedIn Adds Native GIFs in Comments

45:19 – How to Actually Get LinkedIn Top Voice

49:27 – Secret CFO Responds to His Wife's Texts Like Claude

50:55 – "There's 50g of Protein in Listening to Women"

52:42 – Adam Singer's Yahoo Sports AI Screenshot

54:09 – Chris Walker's Honest Series A Announcement

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Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠

Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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Tim Davidson breaks down why LinkedIn is actively combating AI-generated content and automated comments. It's not just about filtering out 'AI slop'; the platform is also dealing with state-sponsored fake profiles targeting sensitive information.

Wait, there's more…Tas is floating a B2B event idea, Delta gives out free cookies, and companies are backtracking on token maxing.

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Timestamps:

0:00 – Trailer

5:09 – Let's Noodle: A B2B Event for Solos, Fracs & Agencies

20:21 – Big Prompt Energy: Backtracking on Token Maxing

25:49 – LinkedIn's New In-Network/Out-of-Network Metric

36:17 – LinkedIn Scams to Watch For

42:24 – Cookies, Sunchips, or Granola Bar? Yes.

42:56 – LinkedIn Needs a New Reaction: AI Slop

43:20 – Sorry, Babe (Little Token Max)

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Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠

Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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Bloomberg caught Salesforce red-handed. Tim Davidson dives into the report exposing that the Agentforce demos at Dreamforce were largely simulated, with key clients still on legacy systems months later. Don't fall for the smoke and mirrors.

Wait, there's more…we cover Google Search's new AI-first search - the first search UI change in 25 years, AI shoppers converting better, and a CMO of a pretty big B2B company moving to OpenAI.

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Timestamps:

01:13 – Episode 63: Introduction

02:30 – Bloomberg Caught Salesforce Faking Agentforce

06:49 – Ghostwriting Agency Accused of Plagiarism

16:43 – Gartner's AI Coding Report Is Already Outdated

20:50 – Microsoft Cut Claude Code Over Costs

24:43 – Tracking Coworking ROI with Claude

31:18 – AI Shoppers Now Beat Search Traffic

38:10 – ClickUp Cuts 22% Despite Strong Growth

48:17 – Elena Verna's "You'll Lose Your Job by 2027" Email

53:31 – The Hormozis Are Having a Baby

57:06 – OpenAI Hires ServiceNow's CMO

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Tim Davidson – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠

Tas Bober – ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠

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