Ludait is a free browser extension for professional networks. Block the accounts you don't want in one click, quiet the ads, and help build a shared list of AI-run accounts and bots, made by the humans who spot them.
A small button sits in the action row under posts, comments and notifications. Click it, say why, and Ludait walks through the block for you.
Promoted posts and ads disappear from your feed, so what's left is people.
When you block someone as AI/bot, spam, offensive or political, you can share that. Only profiles flagged by several different people make the list. "Not interested" always stays private.
Blocking works with no account at all. A free account is how you join the shared list: it's how you get updates from the shared database coming soon, so accounts others have flagged as AI or bots can be hidden and blocked before you ever have to sort through the spam. It's also how your own reports help everyone else. We're all better doing this together. Sign in with Google from the Ludait toolbar button; we only ask for your email address.
Why an account? A list about bots can't be open to bots. Signing in ties every report to a real account, so the list can't be flooded or manipulated by automated scripts. It also lets us weigh trusted reporters more than brand-new ones.
Only when you click 🚫 and pick a reason while signed in: the profile's web address ending (the part after /in/), the reason, and your Ludait account. Plus your Google email when you sign in.
What you browse or read, your feed, your messages, who you follow, the names of people you block, or your LinkedIn login. Your block history stays in your own browser.
A profile reaches the shared list only after several different people flag it. "Not personally interested" is stored privately and never counts toward the list.
Like any website, our host (Cloudflare) sees your IP address when the extension talks to our server. We don't use it to track you. Full privacy policy
The Luddites didn't hate machines. They wanted a say in what the machines were used for. We feel the same about the networks where we meet colleagues, clients and friends. They work because there are real people on them, and that's worth protecting.
ludait.zip. Keep the folder somewhere permanent.brave://extensions (or chrome://extensions) and switch on Developer mode. Works in Brave and Chrome.Ludait isn't in a browser store yet, so updates are manual. The toolbar popup tells you when a new version is out.