What Is the Dead Internet Theory? What's True and What Isn't
A 2021 forum theory, the bot numbers behind it, and the parts that don't hold up.
A 2021 forum theory, the bot numbers behind it, and the parts that don't hold up.
Since 27 July 2026, most Amazon titles must fit in 75 characters, with a new 125-character Item Highlights field. What a listing is made of today, from title and images to search terms and A+ content, how AI moved into the work since 2023, a nine-step workflow and what still needs a human check.
Google's SynthID Detector opened to everyone on Oct. 7 at synthid.com, checking images, video and audio for watermarks from Google, OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao. What it can and can't prove, the Merchant Center and YouTube AI rules it connects to, and a six-step checklist for sellers.
Google's gen-AI page (updated 1 Oct 2026 UTC) says manually fact-check AI content before publish. The Sept 2026 spam update started 24 Sep; no end note.