SlopStop by Kagi
Search filter
Community-reported filter that flags and downranks low-effort AI slop in Kagi Search results. Main caveat: reliance on user reports and unclear criteria for what counts as slop.
11 people recommended SlopStop by Kagi in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
8 of the 11 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search”.
Summary written by Claude from 22 comments.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- mixed feelings
- 2
- warn against or regret it
- 7
The record
Recommended in 4 of 12 months
In 4 different threads.
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 4 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- 8 of its 11 recommenders came from one threadNeeds half or less, not met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 21 of the 23 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cuts down AI slop in results
“Given the overwhelming amounts of slop that have been plaguing search results, it’s about damn time.”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search” “I would welcome the search engine filtering out low quality, low effort spam for me.”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search” “I applaud any effort to stem the deluge of slop in search results.”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search” - Comment from 17 Mar 2026 in “Kagi Small Web”
- Comment from 21 Aug 2026 in “Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results”
Welcome effort from Kagi
“Thanks for the heads-up on this, and thanks to Kagi of course for enabling it.”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Back to Kagi” “Your company is proof the search problem has plenty left to solve for.”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Treats all AI content as slop
“I’d rather see this framed as “report low-value/spammy content” than “report AI slop”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “AI SlopStop by Kagi” “Seems like they are equating all generated content with slop.”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search” “this tagging is more a fight against bad writing”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search” Relies on user reports, inconsistent
“My only concern about this is that it seems to rely on user reporting”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “AI SlopStop by Kagi” “They started marking a lot of my reports as not slop when it’s very obviously ai garbage.”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “Back to Kagi” Slow start and not effective enough
“They had quite some lag at the beginning.”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Back to Kagi” “it is not nearly as effective as it needs to be”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Back to Kagi” Could be used against human sites
“I would never activate a feature that down-ranks or hides results based on some ominous judgement on quality by a Kagi team.”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “AI SlopStop by Kagi” “I can see this being weaponised against controversial sites made by humans, with no way to prove they are human.”
Comment from 22 Jan 2026 in “AI SlopStop by Kagi”
What people said
21 of the 23 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Easy to block / downrank known slop sites from Kagi”
“They started marking a lot of my reports as not slop when it’s very obviously ai garbage.”
“it is not nearly as effective as it needs to be”
“Thanks for the heads-up on this, and thanks to Kagi of course for enabling it.”
“They had quite some lag at the beginning.”
“Sites that are mostly ai content get flagged and deranked.”
“I’d rather see this framed as “report low-value/spammy content” than “report AI slop”
“I would never activate a feature that down-ranks or hides results based on some ominous judgement on quality by a Kagi team.”
“it just incentivizes people to hide their process”
“I think that's pretty clear, no? One AI item is merely AI generated, a trough of AI items is AI slop.”
“I can see this being weaponised against controversial sites made by humans, with no way to prove they are human.”
“My only concern about this is that it seems to rely on user reporting”
“Seems like a great tool for inference training”
“Your company is proof the search problem has plenty left to solve for.”
“HN could use some of this.”
“Given the overwhelming amounts of slop that have been plaguing search results, it’s about damn time.”
“I would welcome the search engine filtering out low quality, low effort spam for me.”
“happy to feed Kagi with the info needed as long as it doesn't become too big a administrative burden”
“I applaud any effort to stem the deluge of slop in search results.”
“this tagging is more a fight against bad writing”
“Seems like they are equating all generated content with slop.”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.