rynling: (Mog Toast)
Rynling R&D ([personal profile] rynling) wrote2025-01-03 08:11 am

Dead Internet Theory 2025

Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles on Instagram
https://bsky.app/profile/o.simardcasanova.net/post/3letbbsvqgc2a

They’re functionally literally the same thing as the spam bots social media platforms have chased out for years. Why would you actively worsen your platform in such a way? What’s the point even?

I'm sure this is fine. I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

ETA: An article was just posted that adds a bit more context:
https://www.404media.co/metas-ai-profiles-are-indistinguishable-from-terrible-spam-that-took-over-facebook/

The context doesn't make any of this less upsetting, unfortunately.

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