Social Media is dying.
Human-produced content is disappearing in droves, and being replaced by bots. This year alone, over 1200 sites have been identified as being purely AI-generated content. That's not counting the traditional bots and AI-powered bots mass-posting on social media and comments across the internet. Increasingly evident, as Social Media dies, it's radicalizing many groups through constant, targeted, algorithms.
Why is this happening?
Bots and AI are largely used as an illegal way to drive ad-revenue through faked engagement and views. They can also generate revenue through the creation of "fear of missing out" by driving hype for products and services. Most critically, drive public sentiment and disrupt society through state actor funded campaigns.
Beyond blatantly illegal reasons, many companies are implementing bots and LLM created content strategically. Meta for instance is doggedly pursuing a hybrid platform of real and AI users with the idea that real users will enjoy the interactions.
Even Sam Altman has recognized the threat.
Why WhoKnewNews...
The internet remains the best medium for conveying and discovering ideas, however popular sites like reddit, pinterest, tumblr, and the rest are rapidly becoming congested with bot-driven slop. Reposts and derivatives seem to account for the majority of the content. This is an incredibly frustrating state of affairs for those who value the exposure to new discoveries and events.
WhoKnewNews leverages multiple methods to fetch news, posts, and updates from over 650+ sources. To counter AI and Bot slop, WKN uses a private LLM to de-hyperbolize post title and descriptions, giving you the power to choose what you read.