InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow can people prevent the Dead Internet Theory from becoming our reality?message-squaremessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareHow can people prevent the Dead Internet Theory from becoming our reality?InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebloodfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoAs long as there’s a profit motive for generating content there isn’t anything that can be done.
minus-squaregolli@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe profit motive seems like the key: In the end online activity still has roots in physical hardware that requires resources which need to be provided by someone. And that someone will have an incentive to prune wasteful activity.
As long as there’s a profit motive for generating content there isn’t anything that can be done.
The profit motive seems like the key: In the end online activity still has roots in physical hardware that requires resources which need to be provided by someone. And that someone will have an incentive to prune wasteful activity.