| Dead Internet theory came out around 2023. Playwright launched in 2020; similar projects have since launched; similar project existed before. It used to be automated by script, now you even have AI. We now have a dead internet. It's also important to understand what's happening. Why or what would the scripted bot be doing? It's not read, otherwise nobody would notice. They are actually posting things. It's not just posting cat pictures, nobody would notice that neither. Each bot has a different intention, but universally they all has mass intention to manipulate some subject. Reddit is bad because the bots have the power to curate content with downvotes. So online discussions have synthetic content intending to change opinions. How does that interact with the various subjects you're interested in? What's even crazier is the intersection of echo chambers and bots. There are people who have blocked essentially all humans and live in a world of bots who agree with them. It is causing insane social problems. |