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[–] reverie@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These companies not being able to handle bot attacks without hamstringing major parts of their platforms is a canary in the coal mine for the Dead Internet.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you mean by 'Dead internet'? Are you referring to established platforms like Meta and Twitter?

[–] Salix@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's a conspiracy theory regarding the internet being mainly bots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck, that's dark.

Hello?? Is anyone there?

[–] derpo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] brettvitaz@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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