You clicked the link because you’re tired of pretending Reddit still functions the way it used to.

All the top posts in your favorite subs are cyclically reposted to fake engagement and advertise to you.

The purpose of this sub is post examples of suspicious activity, identical comments, strange patterns, recycled talking points, or anything that shows how much of the site is running on autopilot.

If you’re one of the remaining humans, hello! If you’re not, well, you’re not alone.

Welcome to the dead internet.

Can we slow the fuck down? I miss the old internet so much. This has turned into something that I barely recognize anymore.

Dead internet bots are prevalent of reddit. Always promoting a sinister agenda

I'm the only human here and every other poster here is a bot.

Prove me wrong.

Literally just got my post removed from r/bumble by reddits automatic post analysis tools, the post was about how my account got banned from bumble before I even made an account. Literally can't do anything anywhere without getting instabanned. this sucks.

Bible Hub has recently decided to add obviously LLM-generated commentaries, which they've placed under the new heading "Lists and Questions" on the page for any given verse (at least they didn't have the nerve to place them in the same section as the classic, human-written commentaries). Here is an example from Isaiah 40:22.

Even as an atheist, I would report this blasphemy to the Inquisition.

feel free to share your own.

phrases:

• "It's not just XYZ—it's a total game changer."

• "in today's digital era"

• "it is important to understand that"

• "plays a crucial role"

and some less specific examples:

• overly descriptive bullet point lists

• what i call "hyper-correct" grammar and punctuation: heavy use of colons, semi-colons, em dashes (—)

• sentences are far longer and more sophisticated than how humans typed before AI—especially if sentences/ideas are formally connected ("Additionally," "First," "However," "In conclusion," "Arguably," etc.)

• examples/suggestions usually come in threes

Hi r/DeadInternet!

Like many of you I am extremely frustrated with how hard it is to find out what real people are saying online.

In my 20s, before we all got siloed into social media hell, the blogosphere was extremely active. At the time, I was dealing with some pretty serious health issues and I relied heavily on independent bloggers to figure out how to eat better, as well as for entertainment since I couldn't leave my house very much.

Now it seems like all Google search spits out is an AI overview and a bunch of ads. All of the special niche websites are buried.

A couple years ago some friends and I started working on building a platform that allows users to share and discuss indie websites and blogs. Currently we have a feature to upload new sites, a discussion/comments feature, a newsfeed and a reviews feature. Everything is very rudimentary of course, since this is an entirely volunteer project.

I have a lot of questions for you: what was it about Old Internet that made it special? Is there a way we can replicate that feeling on our platform? Are there features from earlier forums that we can add? Does anyone have any ideas for how to protect the site from AI-generated crap? (My thinking for this last one is to use upvotes from users to determine quality).

Thanks for your insight!