I’ve seen this idea of the dead internet theory come up before, but I’ve never done a deep dive. This is an interesting Twitter thread as are the comments. I’ve included a Thread Reader link in case you can’t see the Twitter thread.

I’ve also embedded a couple of videos here that discuss the dead internet theory.

https://twitter.com/callangoldeneye/status/1562210861946548224

Thread Reader alternative to reading on Twitter: Has anyone else noticed search engines are “off”?

I haven’t watched this video yet, but it was recommended in the comment thread.

His follow-up video