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dead Internet theory en · PROPN

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  1. A conspiracy theory claiming that the vast majority of content that people interact with on the Internet has been produced by bots rather than actual humans.
    • Obviously, the internet is not a government psyop, even though the Department of Defense had a role in its invention. But if it were, the most compelling evidence to me is the dead-internet theory's observation that the same news items about unusual moon-related events seem to repeat year after year. 2021 August 31, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Maybe You Missed It, but the Internet 'Died' Five Years Ago”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2023:
    • And not only does Dead Internet Theory suggest that the internet is slowly being controlled by bots, but also that it learns your habits and thoughts, tailoring an echo chamber for you. It could even include reactionary bots to craft a digital world of opposing opinions. 2022 September 24, Isaiah McCall, “"The Dead Internet Theory" is New and Spreading Everywhere”, in Medium, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2022:
    • Dead internet theory posits that this automated sphere of zombie activity has begun to spill over into the layer of digital discourse that's meant to be occupied by real people. 2025 April 19, Jacob Silverman, “Welcome to Slop World”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16:
    • He told me about the dead internet theory, and about how some German hackers in 2016 found out that only 3% of humans get 90% of all internet traffic. 2022, Thorsten J. Pattberg, The Menticide Manual: How To Destroy The Mind, New York, N.Y.: LoD Press, →ISBN, page 37:
    • The Dead Internet theory never said that humans do not have accounts. It made an entirely different point: that most accounts are bot accounts. 2022, David Sinclair, The Church of the Serpent: The Philosophy of the Snake and Attaining Transcendent Knowledge, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN:

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alive internet theory

Translations (6)

pl teoria martwego internetu (Translations) · de Theorie des toten Internets (Translations) · de Theorie vom toten Internet (Translations) · es teoría del internet muerto (Translations) · gsw Theorie vom tote Internet (Translations) · pt teoria da Internet morta (Translations)