The dead Internet is not a theory anymore
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The dead Internet is not a theory anymore
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Re: The dead Internet is not a theory anymore
#2I think next step will be an isolated version of invite-only internet where you have to be physically present with your invitee to give them access. There will be a beautiful navigation widget where you can access a unified "addon" to any page: community moderated comment section, version history of that page, backlinks, carefully curated "related" section(so that you can continue browsing beautiful human written content on 1910 era steam locomotives, similar to 90s era webrings), donate button so that you can support he author and much more! Oh, the dream
Re: The dead Internet is not a theory anymore
#3Next step is: we get back to speaking to each other in the real world. That would successfully close the loop.
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#4Hey it’s what executives want. Fake everything. Slop and robots everywhere. Have at it, I say. Maybe then people will go outside again
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#5I only see two outcomes for this problem : an internet of verified identities (start by uploading your ID card). Or a paid internet, where it doesn't matter who you are, but since you're going to pay for that email or that reddit account, the probability that it's AI spam is greatly reduced.
And i'm looking forward to none of them.
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#7Next step is: we get back to speaking to each other in the real world. That would successfully close the loop.
I think this will be a tiny minority who is already currently not terminally online (so, no big change for them).
And the vast majority will just be driven to more AI-mediated interactions.
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#8I think next step will be an isolated version of invite-only internet where you have to be physically present with your invitee to give them access. There will be a beautiful navigation widget where you can access a unified "addon" to any page: community moderated comment section, version history of that page, backlinks, carefully curated "related" section(so that you can continue browsing beautiful human written con…
optional de-centralized hosting, unified cryptocurrency as payment tokens, single open LLM as summary and search-indexing tool, specialized toolkits for journals and social networks (livejournal, early twitter, early fb). Most importantly: you can post anonymously where its allowed (there could be areas where it can be disallowed entirely, like a public square), but your account will take the punishment, so no edgy shitposting behind throwaways.
Re: The dead Internet is not a theory anymore
#9I only see two outcomes for this problem : an internet of verified identities (start by uploading your ID card). Or a paid internet, where it doesn't matter who you are, but since you're going to pay for that email or that reddit account, the probability that it's AI spam is greatly reduced. And i'm looking forward to none of them.
You could have easily said this twenty years ago when photoshopped photos were going viral on the early internet. Turns out people are completely fine with ai content and photoshop.
Re: The dead Internet is not a theory anymore
#10I only see two outcomes for this problem : an internet of verified identities (start by uploading your ID card). Or a paid internet, where it doesn't matter who you are, but since you're going to pay for that email or that reddit account, the probability that it's AI spam is greatly reduced. And i'm looking forward to none of them.
Honestly the $10 barrier to SomethingAwful back in the day (and I guess now since it’s still around) definitely made a huge difference. I hate the idea of subscribing to a site like HN or Reddit… but one time $10 to post? I’d accept that if it meant less bots.