Dead Internet Theory is no longer a theory
von Polly Spring: Internet Culture
The Dead Internet Theory isn't just a theory anymore #InternetCulture
Transkript (en)
In China, people often use this trick to make posts blow up on social media, flip the switch, and one monitor shows a bunch of phone screens all at once. It's basically built out of regular smartphones, and putting it together is easier than you'd think. You strip the phones down to just the circuit boards, gather them in one spot, and hook them up to power in the internet. With the right software, a setup like this can run and control dozens of phones at the same time. Using that system, you can create multiple accounts and artificially boost likes and follows.
