Dead Internet Theory: Most of the Internet Is Fake
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Dead Internet Theory: Most of the Internet Is Fake
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#2Even though the effect on human education and commerce is undeniably good... it's hard not to read posts like this without a deep, disturbing sensation that something about the internet is profoundly incompatible with the way human brains have evolved.
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#3human groups don't seek reality
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#4Post decrying generated content quickly feels like generated content.
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#5>I started going on 4chan in 2006
Newfag trying to be an oldfag.
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#6The internet is alive and well if you know where to look. IRC, subreddits, some twitter circles, github, hacker news, etc. Once you delve more into what you are into, you will find people and the places to interact. IRC in particular for me has been a great blast to the past
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#7The internet is alive and well if you know where to look. IRC, subreddits, some twitter circles, github, hacker news, etc. Once you delve more into what you are into, you will find people and the places to interact. IRC in particular for me has been a great blast to the past
Are we alive though?
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#8This is the type of high quality tinfoil hattery I've missed.
Wake up sheeple the lizzards are here!
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#9The Internet feels empty and devoid of people. It is also devoid of content. Compared to the Internet of say 2007 (and beyond) the Internet of today is entirely sterile.
I post to daily play by play post Pathfinder game on paizo.com. I'm pretty sure my players are real. If not, AI is already way what's bee advertised.
I interact regularly with people FB, before Covid, I hosted stuff on meetup.com and I'll be back doing that soon. All of my various, current circles of friends were met using some Internet elements (whether FB or seeing a local ad, etc).
In 2007, the Internet was an edgy hobby for me, now it's just the medium. It seems like the poster is upset that "ordinary" people do ordinary things on the Internet.
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#10This post takes an initially plausible premise (e.g. "much of the internet is manipulated by big corporations") and uses it to springboard into batshit conspiracy theory territory (e.g. "many well-known celebrities actually don't exist and are computer-generated").
Combine that with the repeated insistence on people not existing on the Internet and it really gives me the feeling that the writer is trying to apply a Capgras delusion[1] to the entire Internet.