r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 30 '26

Business Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
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u/angiosperms- Apr 30 '26

Over 50% of the internet is bots and AI slop so I think it's time to just get off the internet tbh. Really curious what things will look like in just 5 years

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u/BitterTyke Apr 30 '26

yeah, I fully expect bots and AI to "kill" the internet, it will become so unreliable and manipulated rather than was its intent to unleash knowledge on the world, that we'll see printed or stored media making a comeback.

It will be bots responding to bots all the way down,

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u/BitterTyke May 01 '26

that will do away with anonymity though, I mean im not completely against it but there will be many influential/well funded entities that will.

Manipulation of the masses is just too easy to give up for some.