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The Rise of 'Slop-Web': 50% of the Internet is Now AI Garbage

Google Search is broken. Reddit is overrun. The 'Dead Internet Theory' isn't a conspiracy anymore; it's a statistic. 50% of web content is now AI-generated 'SEO Slop'.

The Rise of 'Slop-Web': 50% of the Internet is Now AI Garbage

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It's an economic inevitability. If you can generate a 2,000-word article for $0.001, you will generate millions of them. Content farms are using agent swarms to auto-blog about every trending topic, filling the web with hallucinated facts and generic advice.

For years, the hack to find real answers was to append 'reddit' to your Google search. Now, even Reddit is filled with bots arguing with bots. The 'human web' is shrinking into private Discords, paid newsletters, and group chats. The public web is becoming a landfill.

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We are heading toward a 'Proof of Humanity' web. Platforms will soon require biometric verification just to let you post a comment. It's the end of anonymity, but it might be the only way to save the internet from drowning in noise.

Trust is the new currency. If you can't prove you are human, you don't exist online. We are moving to a 'White-Listed Web' where only verified domains are indexed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the internet really dead?

The open, searchable web is dying. The social, private web is thriving.

How do I avoid AI slop?

Curate your sources. Stick to verified authors and paid subscriptions.

Will Google fix this?

They are trying, but it's an arms race they might lose.
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