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I find it odd that itβs multiple times reinforced that its a conspiracy theory, even unprompted. Like its happening, itβs just by what degree would we consider the internet βdeadβ.
That's been the meta for awhile. Anyone with a stake in something vehemently tries to discredit anyone's skepticism by calling them a conspiracy theorist. Manipulating high-traffic social media with bots likely pays well.
They measured the bot activity in 2022 and foud it was over 47% and rising. How anyone could call this a conspiracy theory is wild to me.
https://securitytoday.com/articles/2023/05/17/report-47-percent-of-internet-traffic-is-from-bots.aspx?m=1
Okay but that's not % of interactions, it's amount of traffic which a single days data scraper is hundreds of people, no?
You are right, it may have been a conspiracy theory before but at this point it seems inevitable.
Just look at the science spam crisis on Youtube and whatever your parents are watching on facebook.