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sub-r mods nuke all bots. No new posts.
« on: September 03, 2024, 02:24:59 PM »
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
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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2024, 04:38:29 AM »
Wow!  That’s pretty sad
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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2024, 08:53:35 AM »
>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!
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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2024, 12:19:14 PM »
>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.
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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2024, 09:21:07 PM »
My understanding is that bots are taking over a lot of Facebook groups, also.
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« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2024, 03:29:19 AM »
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
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« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2024, 02:49:14 AM »
https://wakatime.com/blog/67-bots-so-many-bots

Bots, so many Bots - WakaTime

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- 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
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