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Part of the argument seems to be the lack of deep, interesting content. But is that content still being made? Dead Internet theory is a meme (or maybe even ser
by wisty 2y ago
Part of the argument seems to be the lack of deep, interesting content.
But is that content still being made? Dead Internet theory is a meme (or maybe even seriously believed?) for a reason - everything seems to be on a handful of increasingly algorithmically driven walled gardens.
I could start a blog, or scrawl on the "bathroom wall" of a comment box. Which will get me more views and interactions for the least amount of effort? Yes, there's a few more people on the internet, but not a lot more educated people. The internet started as shady dive bar, and how now turned into a Vegas Casino. It's more family friendly, but you're also far less likely to have an argument about philosophy with a slightly crazy person because they're now just playing the slot machines.
Who has time to write a blog post about how they do unit tests anymore?
- toldyouso2022 2y agoBlogs don't get indexed, also users are pavlovianly trained into associating visiting a website with cookie consent molestation
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- semking 2y agoI hate the cookie consent but blogs get indexed. No pun.
- semking 2y agoPart of the argument of the users I screenshotted or part of my argument? My argument is simple: who in their right mind would spend their time, energy, and money creating content that various LLMs will quickly steal and repurpose? I'm a contrarian and I understand many have vested interests in the AI bubble but the current approach we've all tolerated is a real danger for the future of content. Content isn't just text, it includes videos, music, pictures, art in many shapes and forms and it cannot simply become a commodity or creators will be demotivated.
- p3rls 2y agoThere's still lots of deep content, it's just google prefers to surface wordpress recipes from the Hindustani times for some reason instead. Keep up the great work Danny Sullivan!
- renegat0x0 2y agoI have been thinking about it. Is the boomer Internet dead because Google prioritize walled gardens, or the boomer Internet was dead, so Google shifted to other source of information, like walled gardens. Having said that, there are many, many pages, which you will not find using Google search, and they are not troublemakers. They can just be abandoned. So my question, is Google prioritizing content mills? There can be old pages that do not change at all, but which provide value. Walled gardens are... walled gardens. I am not sure if Google can crawl some spaces peacefully. If you do not have common pages, but big tech walled gardens, I am not sure if even Google has keys to the gates. There are many interesting places in the Internet. I know I have seen them. Link below to my repository of domains. https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database