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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory
I didn’t believe this when I first heard about it but it’s looking more true everyday
Yeah, even if we're not quite "there" yet, it feels like we're at least moving in that direction
Definitely depends on where you're going. Certain Hexbear posts are such obvious bot networks, while some niche communities can remember what they wrote more than two comments ago.
I have a more realistic description of "Dead Internet Theory" that involves no conspiracy theories:
The Internet is becoming a monoculture, which is killing the vibrant, diverse, resilient, innovative space it used to be. Manifestos about a better way of life, and creative personal websites have been replaced with vapid social status posts in bland bootstrap layouts that double as data collection schemes. Technology that empowers people has been replaced with technology to restrict people. Bots masquerading as people is just the cherry on the sundae, the inevitable outcome of having created such a monoculture, a place where large orchards of content are so easy to pollute. The modern Internet ducking sucks, it has been ruined by people.
Reading the Wikipedia it seems quite unlikely, but then again maybe it’s also written by a bot.
As a human I think the Wikipedia article is correct. I'm not a bot (drinking water right now- bots cannot do this).
I saw a movie where bots had a kind of food & drink bag inside their belly to correct whatever they put in their mouth so they could emulate biologicals.
This gets posted all the time, and it's frustrating that it lacks any nuance.
It's just a spooky bedtime story... "imagine if everyone you talk to online is just a bot"
Yes a lot of online content is generated.
Yes it's getting worse.
Yes there's lots of bots.
However... you can choose where you spend your time online, and spend it with friends or likeminded people.
What I mean to say is, some communities on reddit are "mostly dead", but you don't have to go there.