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Dead Internet Theory: A claim that most online conversation is synthetic becomes meaningful only when it is defined precisely enough that contrary evidence could actually prove it wrong.
Dead Internet Theory: A chatbot can participate in a conversation under a human-seeming persona, and the lack of disclosure changes what other participants believe about who is present.
Dead Internet Theory: Online conversation can remain active while becoming difficult to cite, revisit, or share when messages live inside app-bound spaces rather than as durable public pages.
Dead Internet Theory: Everyday online conversation increasingly requires membership in a particular platform, turning account creation, verification, and platform access into prerequisites for participation.