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InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

How can people prevent the Dead Internet Theory from becoming our reality?

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How can people prevent the Dead Internet Theory from becoming our reality?

InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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ELI5 Dead Internet Theory

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    2 years ago

    I find it odd that it’s multiple times reinforced that its a conspiracy theory, even unprompted. Like its happening, it’s just by what degree would we consider the internet “dead”.

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      That’s been the meta for awhile. Anyone with a stake in something vehemently tries to discredit anyone’s skepticism by calling them a conspiracy theorist. Manipulating high-traffic social media with bots likely pays well.

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      They measured the bot activity in 2022 and foud it was over 47% and rising. How anyone could call this a conspiracy theory is wild to me.

      https://securitytoday.com/articles/2023/05/17/report-47-percent-of-internet-traffic-is-from-bots.aspx?m=1

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        Okay but that’s not % of interactions, it’s amount of traffic which a single days data scraper is hundreds of people, no?

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