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So, dead internet theory seems to get new supporting evidence every day. Where does it go from here? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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It seems like having a website open and available on the internet is getting practically impossible to manage, with bots accounting for more and more traffic. AI has gotten to a point where it can circumvent just about any form of captcha, sooooo, what? Does "the internet just get abandoned in favor of some other, better technology that we hope crops up? Does it fade away? Do the real nerds start their own separate internet, and not let companies in? I donno, food for thought I guess.

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[–] jtzl@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think about this a lot. Well, on a few different levels: to a significant degree, it is already happening. The www of now doesn't really resemble the www of like 2006.

I have recently been working on a WP plugin that's a labyrinth for bots, because the www is being significantly and actively enshittified.

And like, this is what happens when opportunists seek to own public goods. AI has made it worse (also it's way more A than I), but this has been happening since there has been such a thing as a "web browser."

To paraphrase some movie...Clerks, maybe? Why do we have to leave? They're the ones who suck.

[–] DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To paraphrase some movie…Clerks, maybe? Why do we have to leave? They’re the ones who suck.

It was Michael Bolton in the movie Office Space (1999)

[–] jtzl@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

100% -- I celebrate his entire catalog.