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Dead Internet Theory: The Internet Died In 2016
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The Dead Internet Theory posits online existence is fake. Articles we read, accounts we follow, content we consume—designed by AI to keep us clicking, scrolling, and buying. And... It might be right?
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(0:00) Intro to Dead Internet Theory
(1:51) Welcome/Pre-Amble
(5:00) The Basics of Dead Internet Theory
(15:36) I. ORIGINS OF THE DEAD INTERNET THEORY
(16:52) Dissecting IlluminatiPirate’s Post
(23:55) II. TIMELINE OF THE INTERNET'S DEATH
(25:12) 2004, DARPA Lifelog + The Facebook
(29:23) 2004-2012, Total Information Awareness
(30:28) 2010, CIA + Fake Content
(32:41) 2012, Smith-Mundt Modernization Act
(33:38) 2012-2016, Big Tech Gov Contracts
(34:30) 2016, Selfish Ledger Google Leak + Machine Learning
(36:17) 2017, Deepfakes
(37:31) 2018, Fake Engagement
(40:02) III. EVIDENCE OF THE DEAD INTERNET THEORY
(40:58) Is the Internet a Potemkin Village?
(45:44) Online Bots and Fake News
(49:28) Government AI-Generated Propaganda
(52:42) Content Farming + Astroturfing
(54:33) IV. FINAL THOUGHTS
(54:53) Solutions? No.
(59:25) Trust in Institutions
(1:00:43) Mass Exodus to IRL
(1:02:47) Closing
📘 REFERENCES:
1. General Info
2. Original Dead Internet Theory Post
3. Meta Automated Bots
4. DARPA
5. DARPA LifeLog Project
6. Total Information Awareness Project
7. Smith-Mundt Modernization Act and Propaganda
8. Project Mockingbird
9. Big Tech and Military Contracts
10. Google’s Selfish Ledger Project
11. Google Neural Machine Translation
12. Deepfakes Emerge 2017
13. A Lot of the Internet is Fake
14. Other Good Agoraroad Dead Internet Theory Posts
15. US Military Fake Social Media Accounts
16. Potemkin Village
17. Academic Assessment of Dead Internet Theory 2025
18. Keeping Internet Human
19. Rise in Homesteading
20. Metal Gear Solid 2 is A Masterpiece
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The Dead Internet Theory posits online existence is fake. Articles we read, accounts we follow, content we consume—designed by AI to keep us clicking, scrolling, and buying. And... It might be right?
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
(0:00) Intro to Dead Internet Theory
(1:51) Welcome/Pre-Amble
(5:00) The Basics of Dead Internet Theory
(15:36) I. ORIGINS OF THE DEAD INTERNET THEORY
(16:52) Dissecting IlluminatiPirate’s Post
(23:55) II. TIMELINE OF THE INTERNET'S DEATH
(25:12) 2004, DARPA Lifelog + The Facebook
(29:23) 2004-2012, Total Information Awareness
(30:28) 2010, CIA + Fake Content
(32:41) 2012, Smith-Mundt Modernization Act
(33:38) 2012-2016, Big Tech Gov Contracts
(34:30) 2016, Selfish Ledger Google Leak + Machine Learning
(36:17) 2017, Deepfakes
(37:31) 2018, Fake Engagement
(40:02) III. EVIDENCE OF THE DEAD INTERNET THEORY
(40:58) Is the Internet a Potemkin Village?
(45:44) Online Bots and Fake News
(49:28) Government AI-Generated Propaganda
(52:42) Content Farming + Astroturfing
(54:33) IV. FINAL THOUGHTS
(54:53) Solutions? No.
(59:25) Trust in Institutions
(1:00:43) Mass Exodus to IRL
(1:02:47) Closing
📘 REFERENCES:
1. General Info
2. Original Dead Internet Theory Post
3. Meta Automated Bots
4. DARPA
5. DARPA LifeLog Project
6. Total Information Awareness Project
7. Smith-Mundt Modernization Act and Propaganda
8. Project Mockingbird
9. Big Tech and Military Contracts
10. Google’s Selfish Ledger Project
11. Google Neural Machine Translation
12. Deepfakes Emerge 2017
13. A Lot of the Internet is Fake
14. Other Good Agoraroad Dead Internet Theory Posts
15. US Military Fake Social Media Accounts
16. Potemkin Village
17. Academic Assessment of Dead Internet Theory 2025
18. Keeping Internet Human
19. Rise in Homesteading
20. Metal Gear Solid 2 is A Masterpiece
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