Why Does The Internet Keep Getting Worse? Ft. Slop Content, Brain Rot, & The Attention Economy

Why Does The Internet Keep Getting Worse? Ft. Slop Content, Brain Rot, & The Attention Economy

Slop content - AI generated videos and images created to bait engagement on social media content - is getting more and more unavoidable. Whether you’ve been duped by bunnies on trampolines or enthralled by a AI cat fronted soap opera; we face a social media landscape that's no longer fit for purpose.


This week, Ione and Gina dive into who benefits from the enshittification of the internet, why bots have taken over the comment section and how the bleakness of our feeds mirror the state of wider culture.


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