“The “Dead Internet Theory” is a concept suggesting that the internet has largely been abandoned by humans and replaced by non-human activity. It posits that most online content, interactions, and engagement metrics are driven by bots, algorithms, and artificial intelligence, creating the illusion of a vibrant, human-driven web.”
I’m not a bot and I don’t believe you are one. OTOH, AI bots sure are polluting the internet, but I haven’t interacted with one except for the annoying merge requests on GitHub.
“But I haven’t interacted with one except for the annoying merge requests on GitHub.” You probably wouldn’t even know now if you did, it is getting harder to tell bot from human.
Reddit is lousy with them. In general, I assume MOST of the post-2024 posts and replies I see on any subreddit with a strong subscriber base are made by bots. It’s why I came to Lemmy.
Lemmys not immune. It’s just obscure enough for now to be not worth the effort to mine. Yet.
There’s probably very little protection from federation.
Culture wise, Lemmy is where redditors come to die. I expect the golden age of Lemmy won’t last long if Jupiter (Reddit) stops catching inbound asteroids. That is, if Reddit become bad enough and Lemmy becomes reddit 2.0, then Lemmy becomes reddit 2.0.
There’s a surprising amount of them on social media, especially when talking about contentious topics. Typically right wing supporting. It’s pretty hard to tell which is human and artificial.