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AI's impact on online presence mirrors Dead Internet Theory, pushing centralization

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The concept of the "Dead Internet Theory" is being re-examined in light of AI's growing presence, suggesting a shift from a scarcity of human-generated content to a scarcity of actual human presence online. This trend may lead to increased centralization on large platforms, potentially making independent blogging unfeasible while large social media sites remain viable for user posts. AI

IMPACT AI's increasing presence may lead to greater centralization on large platforms, potentially marginalizing independent online content creation.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a conceptual analogy related to AI's impact on the internet, fitting the commentary bucket.

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AI's impact on online presence mirrors Dead Internet Theory, pushing centralization

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    It made me wonder if this is analogous to Dead Internet Theory. Except instead of human-generated *content* becoming vanishingly rare, it's actual human *presen

    It made me wonder if this is analogous to Dead Internet Theory. Except instead of human-generated *content* becoming vanishingly rare, it's actual human *presence* that's pushed out. Dead Network Theory...? Or maybe it just pushes us all further to centralisation, into the arms o…

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