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Dead Internet Theory: How Digg's 2010 redesign took away the tools that let its users shape the front page, why the community revolted, and what that rupture says about who really owns a community-run site.
Dead Internet Theory: In 2021, a change in Freenode's ownership split its volunteer staff and pushed hundreds of free-software projects onto the new Libera.Chat network. This is what triggered the split, what moved, and what changed when project channels changed homes.
Dead Internet Theory: Twitter's Trust & Safety Council gave outside organizations a formal advisory route into platform policy before the 2022 ownership change. Its dissolution, followed by X's confirmation that no replacement advisory body was in place, shows how community influence can disappear even while the service itself continues operating.