[legitster]

The sloppification of the internet began before AI. Google was SEOing the open internet to death, Reddit had fully baked in a hivemind, and social media became dominated by professional influencers.

AI is accelerating but also perhaps backfilling in what was already being lost.

[throwaway85825]

AI is the same slop but cheaper. Ideally the value of slop approaches zero but the value of quality stays the same.