dead Internet theory

conspiracy theory about the World Wide Web

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Identity

Instance of: conspiracy theory, fringe theory^[2]
Inception: 2019, January 5, 2021^[7]^[8]

More facts +6

Genre: social criticism^[6]
Different from: Dead Internet Theory^[23]
Main subject: World Wide Web, artificial intelligence, disinformation, large language model, global surveillance, government by algorithm, algorithmic curation, parasocial relationships, artificial human companion, Web 3.0, social media, slopaganda^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
Movement: pseudoskepticism, pseudophilosophy, pseudohistory^[3]^[4]^[5]
Published in: /x/^[21]
Title: Dead Internet Theory^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en dead Internet theory ar نظرية مؤامرة الإنترنت الميت ar نظرية الإنترنت الميت ar الإنترنت الميت cs Teorie mrtvého internetu de Totes-Internet-Theorie de Totes-Internet-Verschwörungstheorie de Theorie des toten Internets el Η Θεωρία του Νεκρού Διαδικτύου es teoría de la Internet muerta es teoría de la Internet vacía es teoría del internet muerto es teoría del Internet muerto es teoría del internet vacío fi kuollut netti -teoria fi internetvainaa fi kalmainternet fi kalmanetti fi kuollut internet -teoria fi kuolointernet

🔖 Identifiers · 5

Described at URL: www.theatlantic.com, brianniemeier.com, www.ouest-france.fr, theweek.com, arstechnica.com
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11sk8x6fhs
Know Your Meme slug: dead-internet-theory
Namuwiki ID: 죽은 인터넷 이론
Work available at URL: forum.agoraroad.com

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🔗 Connections

Main subject 10

artificial intelligence, World Wide Web, social media, large language model, disinformation, Web 3.0, government by algorithm, global surveillance +2 more

Movement 3

pseudohistory, pseudoskepticism, pseudophilosophy

Instance of 2

conspiracy theory, fringe theory

Genre 1

social criticism

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Summary

dead Internet theory is a conspiracy theory^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ dead Internet theory — instance of (P31): fringe theory. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ dead Internet theory — movement (P135): pseudoskepticism. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ dead Internet theory — movement (P135): pseudophilosophy. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ dead Internet theory — movement (P135): pseudohistory. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ dead Internet theory — genre (P136): social criticism. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ dead Internet theory — inception (P571): 2019. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ dead Internet theory — inception (P571): January 5, 2021. forum.agoraroad.com. forum.agoraroad.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): World Wide Web. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): artificial intelligence. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): disinformation. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): large language model. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): global surveillance. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): government by algorithm. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): algorithmic curation. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): parasocial relationships. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): artificial human companion. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): Web 3.0. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): social media. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ dead Internet theory — main subject (P921): slopaganda. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ dead Internet theory — published in (P1433): /x/. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ dead Internet theory — title (P1476): Dead Internet Theory. forum.agoraroad.com. forum.agoraroad.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ dead Internet theory — different from (P1889): Dead Internet Theory. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ dead Internet theory is an instance of conspiracy theory (Q159535) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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