From a1f46f2517d8101b156a7ed994a601e34c47c973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rohan Kumar Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 18:41:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] New note: living dead internet theory --- content/notes/living-dead-internet-theory.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/notes/living-dead-internet-theory.md diff --git a/content/notes/living-dead-internet-theory.md b/content/notes/living-dead-internet-theory.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b52039 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/living-dead-internet-theory.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +title: "Living dead internet theory" +date: 2023-10-01T18:41:41-07:00 +syndicatedCopies: + - title: 'The Fediverse' + url: 'https://pleroma.envs.net/notice/AaLQJjtf2rx6TQtnf6' +--- + +I propose an alternative to the [Dead Internet Theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory) called the Living Dead Internet Theory, an exaggerated version of my actual beliefs: + +1. Any content written to optimize against algorithmic curation is as bad as algorithmically generated content. +2. Algorithmically-curated content is disproportionally biased towards content optimized for said algorithm. +3. The most accessible content might as well be written by bots. + +Don't use short-tail search queries for discovery.