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What are some things do you think contribute to the dead internet theory? (piefed.social)
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We know the core of the theory itself, but I'm wondering if people can talk of other reasons why. I'll start.

I think what contributes to the dead internet theory, is the extreme sanitation measures that platforms online have taken. Now I'm not saying that I advocate for the idea of people to be able to get away with spamming racial slurs or derogatory terms to be in everyday discussion. But, it does narrow down what people can generally say or discuss. A lot of the time, people seem to not be ready yet to tackle difficult discussions or topics without getting emotionally charged about it.

So that in turn, makes it so the only kind of discussions and talk you see is just softball kinds. You know, like discussing sports teams, the weather and vice versa.

The other thing I think contributes to dead internet theory are assholes online. Nobody likes interacting with assholes and toxic people in general. It gets tiresome to have to go to a platform thinking the experience will be good, only to find that there's pockets of people who determined their life's purpose, to be a jackass to anyone they come across.

And over time, nobody wants to deal with that shit so they leave. And leaving hurts communities. If there's no community for anyone to participate in, then it is as good as dead and gone.

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[–] 4 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

Dead internet theory is an outcome.

IMO the core issue is the concept of “Necroalgorithmization” where the algorithm “a bias model by nature” decide who should we listen to and what should we talk about, this creates a slow exclusion process of any thing that does not fit its narrative, which is a forced narratives that can never be organic, hmm you can call it a manufactured reality.

What you said in your post is exactly describing this concept and of slow exclusion of diverse opinions, i think social media is an aggregator of Necroalgorithmization.

Not only that but also gets deeper with algorithms, it enforces classism and marginalization of humans.

Slowly this will kill any attempt of real human interactions and in 50 years you have gork bots or whatever the fuck its name replying to gemini bots about what is the benefits of Epstein class eating children’s or bombing schools.

FML

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