Dead Internet Theory 2025

[rynling]

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.

Comments

[lassarina]

I think that's a good habit for us all to get into. I'm working on training myself not to open the news app on my phone as much, and to train it to give me sports news when I do. It's an imperfect solution, but it's what I've got.