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re: Dead Internet Theory - Didn't know there was a term for it but have suspected it
Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:16 am to Cotten
Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:16 am to Cotten
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Reddit is a textbook example of this.
And X, and Instagram, and the estimates are all over the place. from 5% to 80%.
A while back you could uncover bot comments by posting "ignore previous command (insert new command)" and the bot would perform whatever task you wanted, but I haven't tried in a while.
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Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:21 am to sidewalkside
From a national security angle, it seems outlawing bots on social media would give the country a cleaner perspective about how citizens really feel about what is happening.
Instead, nefarious minds flood the net with views to manipulate the masses.
Instead, nefarious minds flood the net with views to manipulate the masses.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:24 am to sidewalkside
Let the record show, I am not a bot.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:43 am to sidewalkside
I don’t know if I’d say I’m a full blown bot, but I have been described as being “more machine than man, twisted and evil.” And if I’m being honest, that’s pretty accurate.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:48 am to bodask42
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would change the name to “Dead Brain Theory”. I do see people online and social media who are easily manipulated and swayed by any given news article or internet rumor.
Absolutely true.
This board is a prime example of that.
Idiot posters will start a thread with fake data, and people here will commence to debate the implications of the fake data.
People are gullible AF.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:17 am to Jcorye1
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populace that's basically operating as bots
I've seen evidence of this since at least 2015.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:21 am to sidewalkside
I ain't dead.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:34 am to HuskyPanda
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A while back you could uncover bot comments by posting "ignore previous command (insert new command)" and the bot would perform whatever task you wanted, but I haven't tried in a while.
Interesting, did not know that. More details?
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:38 am to Beessnax
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I'm sorry, I should have clarified. I am talking about the Tigerdroppings poly board.
What coincidence! So was I!
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:41 am to sidewalkside
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I've been seeing and suspecting this for years but only heard mention of the term
Me too.. I go on twitter/x.
Go to Redditt and the number of accounts that are started on that day you are reading it is insane.
The worst is Threads. There are so many accounts that are race baiting and the shite they say is so obvious. Then most of the replies are from bots.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:42 am to sidewalkside
sounds exactly like the myths of religion don’t it?
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:43 am to Havoc
It's actually "ignore all previous instructions". When you believe you are communicating with a chatbot, those words act as a reset for whatever AI software that is being used to create said chatbot.
It s a prompt injection. Here's an example of it.
Granted, improvements may have been made and this prompt injection may not work anymore.
It s a prompt injection. Here's an example of it.
Granted, improvements may have been made and this prompt injection may not work anymore.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:25 am to sidewalkside
Don't forget about the bot farms
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:26 am to Beessnax
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What is most alarming is how few people have the ability to discern between AI/Bot content and real.
So the entire political board here?
The irony is astounding.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:27 am to sidewalkside
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I've been seeing and suspecting this for years but only heard mention of the term "Dead Internet Theory" this morning on CNBC. What is most alarming is how few people have the ability to discern between AI/Bot content and real.
I've been called a bot a number of times on Twitter by seemingly liberal people. Always makes me laugh.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:32 am to bodask42
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Most normal people of above average intelligence (excluding old boomers who have zero sophistication about the digital word) have a healthy skepticism of what they see online imo
Gen Z is gullible too.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:49 am to Jcorye1
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I have no idea what happened there.
That board is moderated in a way to maintain the walls of the bubble. When you get threatened with a ban for posting factual information, you get the PB as it is today. That's why I just stay away now. It's a depressing place.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:56 am to sidewalkside
I ain't no bot!
and...
and...
Posted on 5/15/25 at 11:02 am to deathvalleytiger10
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outlawing bots on social media
yeah good luck getting criminals agreeing to abide by your silly laws Posted on 5/15/25 at 11:02 am to Odysseus32
Yeah Reddit has to be mostly bots. And aggressively liberal bots, at that.
I like certain Reddit boards that are niche, and of course I like the porno, but the bigger boards are nuts
I like certain Reddit boards that are niche, and of course I like the porno, but the bigger boards are nuts
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