It’s more insidious than dead internet theory. Imagine any significant social media platform containing a large proportion of users that can be directly prompted to tout any message, or mass downvote opinions that the company doesn’t like. All this can happen while the company claims to be a “free speech platform”.
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crazybrain @lemmy.spacestation14.com - 12mon
Like some kind of necromancer and their army of undead.
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hungryphrog - 12mon
But not even cool. :(
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rustyfish @lemmy.world - 12mon
To be fair: The boomers still crawling on Facebook can be considered dead in some way.
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Sho @lemmy.world - 12mon
Them and alot of Millenials unfortunately, I quit FB about 9 years ago and when ever I run into someone I know they always wonder why I'm not on FB anymore.
3 billion registered accounts is not the same as 3 billion individual active users. Most people don’t delete their account when they stop using a platform.
BerenstainsMonster in 196
rule when Meta is planning on creating "AI users" on FB and making dead internet theory a reality
https://media.kbin.earth/c3/6e/c36e6a13b7cc82eccfc900ebe03cd7361ff46039f1abd457b355807969c59ae3.jpgIt’s more insidious than dead internet theory. Imagine any significant social media platform containing a large proportion of users that can be directly prompted to tout any message, or mass downvote opinions that the company doesn’t like. All this can happen while the company claims to be a “free speech platform”.
Like some kind of necromancer and their army of undead.
But not even cool. :(
To be fair: The boomers still crawling on Facebook can be considered dead in some way.
Them and alot of Millenials unfortunately, I quit FB about 9 years ago and when ever I run into someone I know they always wonder why I'm not on FB anymore.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/378efbf7-9f98-4e79-b9a7-de0abdbf60e8.webp
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Speedrunning the Dead Internet theory.
Wait, what? They are planning on doing that?That's crazy
why would that even be beneficial for Facebook?
Because they’re reaching a point where the amount and quality of user generated content is not enough to retain the remaining users.
they have 3 billion users though??
3 billion registered accounts is not the same as 3 billion individual active users. Most people don’t delete their account when they stop using a platform.
The boomers yearn for the Shrimp Jesus