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I find it odd that it’s multiple times reinforced that its a conspiracy theory, even unprompted. Like its happening, it’s just by what degree would we consider the internet “dead”.
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?
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.