You have heard of "dead internet theory" but you probably haven't looked at the theory as originally posted.
It's often summed up as "the internet is just a bunch of bots talking to each other" ... and it's tempting to nod along: it's fun to say that "things were better in my day" and YES many sites have too many bots.
However I wish to present the take that the now four-year-old "The Dead Internet Theory" is ... Bad Actually. 1/