Tal Skverer on Mythryl: “The Dead Internet Theory is just a meme, right? Well…something…”

The Dead Internet Theory is just a meme, right? Well…something strange happens over at PhysicsForums. Once an active forum for physics students, now a quieter place. A year ago, posts appeared, made by users long after their last login. LLM-generated replies back-inserted into the DB Must read!

hallofdreams.orgPhysicsForums and the Dead Internet TheoryAn exposé no one will read, about the widespread falsification of user posts in PhysicsForums, a scientific community founded in 2001. This is a microcosm of the death of the human-written Internet.

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