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The internet isn’t for humans anymore

Bots use the internet more than we do.

Stephen Knezovich
Welp, here's some alarming data from Christopher Butler: “49.6% of internet traffic attributed [was] to bots in 2023.”

Oof.

Seeing data like this used to trigger my inner conspiracy theorist (Dead Internet Alert!), but lately, news about the decay of the Internet just serves as reminder that, you know what, it's fine. Life online pales in comparison to life offline. Let the bots have it (or, at least, half of it).

There are other ways to connect. (Just don't stop sending newsletters.)

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