The Dead Internet Theory: Origins, Evolution, and Future Perspectives
https://sjjwrites.substack.com/p/the-dead-internet-theory-origins
The Dead Internet Theory: Origins, Evolution, and Future Perspectives
https://sjjwrites.substack.com/p/the-dead-internet-theory-origins
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Submission Statement: A deep dive into the so-called Dead Internet Theory. How bot traffic, generative-AI spam, algorithmic “enshittification,” and corporate curation created the feeling that the web is running on autopilot. Facts vs hype, and potential fixes like AI watermarks, open-source search, and human-verified spaces. To what extent does this theory hold true and what is the proper response for the “curators” of the Internet?
You mean like what we’ve been seeing on Reddit for years now?
The article was “hashed out” using AI… oh, the irony
Meh – a whole lot of words, but not much new or insightful ideas.
They really overplayed the conspiracy aspects of the dead internet theory and focused more on the end state (all internet data is fake) rather than just saying internet content is increasingly bot or AI generated.
I don’t fully understand the dead internet thing. There are a shitload of real people that use Reddit. Granted, yes there are a lot of bots, but is it even half of users?