Post by Tony Uphoff

Five-time CEO · Publisher, Uphoff on Media (Substack) · Board Advisor · Founder, Uphoff Advisory

LinkedIn removed 200 million bot accounts in a single year. That's 16.7% of its entire stated user base. In a recent post I flagged "I just stumbled across your profile" as the tell of an AI-generated pitch, not a human one. Turns out the platform agrees. At scale. The noise was never a fringe problem. It was one in every six accounts. Which reframes the real work of B2B networking in 2026. It isn't finding signal. It's proving you ARE signal. In the machine age, the scarce asset isn't reach. It's verifiable humanity.