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RSS subscriptions and discovery outside a ranked home feed | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: RSS lets readers choose sources directly and receive updates without a ranked home feed, trading algorithmic selection for explicit subscriptions and reader-controlled ordering.

Cancellation journeys that are substantially harder than enrollment | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: A service can reveal its incentives by making enrollment nearly effortless and cancellation a scavenger hunt. Regulators describe this imbalance as a dark pattern when extra friction is used to discourage people from leaving.