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Dead Internet

Mass produced content generated by AI from idea to publish, created in such a way that no human was ever involved in the making of said media. Often easier to spot than ones where humans are involved.
The triple digit viewcount on youtube videos is often a dead giveaway that the content is dead internet.

dead internet theory 

the theory that says that most of current internet traffic is filled with bots/AI which can be spotted when its obvious another user on social media websites such as twitter (x) tweets something that chat gpt would say or completely out of topic
tweet: something that chat gpt would say
response: dead internet theory
dead internet theory by Insanowsky December 20, 2023

Dead Internet Theory 

Everything online right now is fake. Algorithmic curation, bot activity, filters and AI generated content. Are you communicating with a real person or code?
The Internet died years ago but nobody noticed, Dead Internet Theory is real...

Dead internet theory 

Yeahyeah the abstract money generator..... Yeah.... Oops 🤷 ♂️ I mean... He was talking a bunch of shit about how special and competent you have to be to make money.... You know? And I'm like the greatest mind the world has ever seen... So, like, the scholarly work is like... Really high level stuff...
Hym "Hahaha! Yeah, they're hookin up thay abstract money generator aren't they? Yeah... That's fucking hilarious. Kind of sad but, you know... In a cage... And what not... I think it has a different name though... Dead internet theory? It's like 'Something forest theory' or something, right?"

Dead Internet Theory 

90% common in youtube shorts comments, these are mostly found in brainrot and content farm channels and shorts, mostly these comments are a bunch of 0 iq shitty stupid dumb ai bot. comments like (heart emoji x3) ofofof i love wenda, yes, LIKE IF YOU LOVE SPRUNKI (like beggar emoji) hi really bonkie, hope this shit ends
dead internet theory. aaaaaaaa, heart emoji, wenda x gray ships which sucks.. gibberish comments, etc

Dead Internet Theory 

comments filled with ai bots that send stupid non relevant topics to a literal short or video. these comments are full of heart emojis, many other emojis, and so much more, mostly common in content farms, sometimes like beggars, etc
dude dead internet theory is real!!!!1!!11
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