[landofredwater]

The "dead internet" talk mostly revolves around fake user-generated content and how prevalent it is. Half of these comments could be written by bots, and most of them would never be detected.

Real people can still be found and connected with, you just have to do it in a more organic way. Message your favorite musician, join a group with some mutual friends, or just play an online game and talk to the people you meet. You'll be able to find like-minded people and won't have to think about asking "is the person I'm responding to even real"