The Dead Internet Theory

[CyberAutist111]

"Algorithmic fiction" is apt, even if generator bots weren't on the level they are, ones made to feed you endless slop were already in existence for years. Youtube is the biggest one to blame for this. Marvel movies (capeshit) and mumble rap were safe slop content being produced enmasse by actual people, but to feed consumers being continually fed clips of these movies and music videos on Youtube, etc.

I like that term too, can be used to describe a lot of soulless, cash-grabbing media. Fiction made for views, publicity, or money. Not for art.

This describes modern YouTube to a T. The majority of YouTube channels make content to be shoveled into the algorithm.

 

[melty]

When I read original post that made this theory, I was absolutely baffled. So baffled, that I questioned how on Earth this theory got any traction at all considering the origin.

I mean, if anybody is going to be the one to notice weird happenings on the internet, it's a terminally online imageboard user. Perhaps some of their observations are schizo, but the idea still resonates with a lot of people.

 

[Merton J. Dingle]

"Dead Internet Theory" was not invented by the News or any of the places I previously mentioned. Instead it was created by user IlluminatiPirate, a user of Wizardchan who posted this theory on the forums of Agora Road's Macintosh Cafe. It was posted in January 2021.

Doesn't he say at the beginning of the thread that he first posted it to Wizardchan though? Perhaps he reposted it to Agora Road sometime afterwards to give some permanence?

 

[Pomniman]

It's the Hindoonet of Street Shitting and you're all just raped by it, saars.