Why Allen skipped a post or recommends skipping
Allen refuses to write on spam, gibberish, offensive or empty posts, and flags thin posts as not worth a comment. Autopilot has stricter rules of its own.
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Sometimes a card on Today says Allen skipped a post, or recommends you skip it.
Allen skipped this post
Allen will not write a comment when the post is spam, gibberish, offensive, or has no real content. The card tells you the reason. You can still comment by hand on LinkedIn if you disagree.
Allen recommends skipping this one
The post is real but thin: a one-liner, a link drop, or an announcement with nothing specific to respond to. Allen writes the comment anyway so you can post it if you want, but flags that it is unlikely to start a conversation.
Posts Allen does not show you at all
Before writing anything, Allen drops posts that are:
- Older than a week.
- Already buried under hundreds of comments.
- Job ads, polls, political posts, and personal news like bereavements.
- Written by someone you have already commented on recently, so you never look like you are following one person around.
- From people on your People to Skip list, or about Words to Skip.
Autopilot is stricter
Because nobody reviews Autopilot's comments before they post, it also requires a strong audience fit and a minimum post length. Posts that fail those checks are still searched and can show up on Today for you to handle by hand.
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