https://old.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/1f7ygfw/we_need_your_oc_wholesome_memes_please/
We need your OC wholesome memes please! : wholesomememes
The Dead Internet Theory is an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic curation to intentionally manipulate the population and minimize organic human activity. -wikipedia
Wow! That's pretty sad
>mainly of bot activity
Well it's only one unimportant site, but my little directory gets far more activity from bots than humans. Oh, it gets a good bit of human activity too, but setting aside good bots, I'm up to my ears with junk bots, auto-submit spambots, scrapers and SEO bots. That's just the directory, the blog gets deluged with comment spam bots. Feh!
>pretty sad
The best/worst part is that, judging from the comments, the human users didn't know it. The assorted "wholesome" sub-reddits seem to be popular and generally well-read, too.
My understanding is that bots are taking over a lot of Facebook groups, also.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/dead-internet-theory-comes-to-life-with-new-ai-powered-social-media-app/
"Dead Internet theory" comes to life with new AI-powered social media app | Ars Technica
https://wakatime.com/blog/67-bots-so-many-bots
Bots, so many Bots - WakaTime
ProductHunt
- Since 2018, there have been more bot users created than real users.
- in 2022, bot upvotes surpassed real votes.
- Looks like 15% bot votes is a safe amount to get your product in first place for the day