Ok, maybe some of it's dying. I believe it's too far reaching and too deeply-embedded to really, truly be dying. What we're seeing is a bust cycle for commercial social media and information-driven platforms. It's pretty clear that traditional social media is on the wane — growth has plateaued for Facebook, cratered for Twitter (X — whatever) and Reddit's besieged users are being fed into the gaping maw of yet another AI product. They're not alone — so many of these platform companies are “evolving” to mine captive user data for AI models.

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The internet is not dying, but rather changing. Traditional social media platforms are on the decline, opening up opportunities for smaller, decentralized communities to thrive. There are challenges in rebuilding communities, concerns about the decentralized approach of BlueSky, and uncertainty in navigating AI-generated content. Despite these challenges, there is hope for an open, kind, and diverse internet.

The internet isn't dying, it's changing • Cory Dransfeldt