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   Shadowman311 (shadowman311@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 14:43:02 JST Shadowman311
   I remember years ago when Mr. Metokur called what was happening to the internet a "serendipitous conspiracy" where a bunch of megacorporation's work to sanitize the internet because they don't want someone saying the gamer word under a sponsored ad for the latest Nissan Altima since that might make them look bad. If I recall his conclusion was that they would go about this by just doing the same crap they were doing back then, tightening restrictions, rewriting and reinterpreting rules, etc. But now in the 2020s it's pretty clear what the path towards that is; filling your feed with so much bland, inoffensive AI slop that it's physically impossible for social media to hurt a brand's image. To say nothing of the obvious socio-political reasons behind this as well.
   
   The dead internet isn't a theory anymore.
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     Billy_Hughes (billy_hughes@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 14:43:01 JST Billy_Hughes

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     • I am just normal /k/orean :verified:
     Stop posting AI chicks
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     I am just normal /k/orean :verified: (justnormalkorean@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 14:43:02 JST I am just normal /k/orean :verified:

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     @Shadowman311 Fuck, you're right.
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 14:51:28 JST djsumdog

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     It's a slow burn for sure, but ever single medium has to get rained in by the people with the money to do so. Print, Radio and the Internet (of the 90s) were test vast open means of communication that everyone could use. We didn't think the Internet would go away because there was just so much more bandwidth. And there still is, but the means of discovery was eventually what was limited. It's illegal to broadcast on 102.3-Unused-FM, but no one cares if you're out in the middle of Oklahoma running a pirate radio in a county of 3,000 people. It's _not_ illegal to broadcast on your IP address on the Internet (and it's cheap, $10/month for a little VM), but who cares if no one even bothers to visit.
     
     The Humanity Lobotomy made this video two decades ago. They were right, but got the danger wrong. The danger wasn't Net Neutrality (Washington State has net neutrality laws and Kiwifarms is still struggling to stay up there). It wasn't even CuckFlair's and hosting provider censorship (although that is massive and has had a chilling effect). It's not even the flood of AI shit-pasta.
     
     It's that most of the population will not explore past the bounds of Facebag/Xitter/Instafam/OnlyWhores/BlickBlock. The mega sites are a big diverse soup of AOL Keywords. People can't even take control of their own devices without significant work. There is still an Internet out there, but no one knows to even search for it.
     
     https://files.catbox.moe/m93p2t.webm
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     Deplorable Degenerate (deplorable_degenerate@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 17:58:47 JST Deplorable Degenerate

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     Hasn't been for a while, even before AI images there were bots everywhere to drown real people out.
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 01:43:22 JST djsumdog

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     I've sent stuff to people and they've asked where I found them. "Just some board; they're AI generated"
     
     "They're AI generated?"
     
     HOW CAN YOU NOT TELL?! AI images are so distinct now ... imagine if they get to the point where they're not obvious?
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     Shadowman311 (shadowman311@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 01:43:23 JST Shadowman311

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     Oh and your average facebook normie has bought this crap completely, YOU may look at these images and clearly see they are AI generated, but to your average joe they are indistinguishable from real life.
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     Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2024 01:43:41 JST Kenny Blankenship

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     @Shadowman311 honestly those responses are probably mostly bots.
     
     Truly a dead internet
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