I’ve heard of it being a problem online but I never got a clear explaination of it, if my definition is correct it would explain a lot of things on certain places.
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So the [dead internet theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory) is a **conspiracy** theory that the internet died years ago (somewhere in 2016 or 2017 is the alleged date) and the vast majority of activity today is automated activity manipulated by an algorithm for the purpose of manipulating the population of the world for *insert reason*.
This is the kind of thing that starts as a joke or thought experiment, and then somehow evolves into people actually believing it. What makes ideas like this particularly sinister and sticky is that they are at least somewhat based in fact. There are bots on the internet, there are algorithms that are attempting to optimize content and results for a purpose. However, it does not hold that because those things exist that the entire internet is only those things.
Or hey, maybe I am just a language model so advanced that I sounds like a normal person talking to you.
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