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Draft scoring: LinkedIn Feed Score and AEO Citation Score
Read the two independent draft scores without collapsing feed performance and citation readiness into one number.
Keep the two scores separate
ThoughtCite scores every draft with two independent numbers: LinkedIn Feed Score (LFS) and AEO Citation Score (ACS). Keep them separate when making edits.
These are decision-support scores, not guarantees. A high score does not guarantee reach, engagement, ranking, or citation. A lower score can still be worth publishing if the idea is timely, personal, or strategically important.
LinkedIn Feed Score (LFS)
LFS evaluates signals such as hook strength, first-sentence length before the see-more cutoff, post length, readability, line breaks, external link risk, CTA clarity, and save-worthy specificity.
AEO Citation Score (ACS)
ACS evaluates signals such as factual density, specific claims, concrete numbers, clear declarative statements, original observations or data, authoritative but supportable language, and source-citable structure.
Anti-slop report
ThoughtCite also checks for AI-sounding language. Use the report to make surgical edits, but do not accept rewrites blindly if they change facts, stance, or voice.