The dead internet theory certainly holds a lot of weight when you take into consideration your own experience on the internet. How many repetitive comments do you see on social media. People commenting 'first' 60 times or people in 2020 commenting 'fairy comments' . All the evidence leads to the fact that the internet may be run by bots. But personally I of feel, there is a large human influence as well. Just because of how many people that are on social media.

Social media thrives when engagement is high, bots literally drive up engagement not just by their comments but by the content of their message/ tweet/ post. Bots are typically programmed to say things that insight conversation, therefore leading to threads of conversations Users make bots because it is the easy way out. People have the liberty to get the outcome they want whilst doing the least amount of work possible Higher engagement leads to higher visibility which leads to more sponsorship and attention and therefore higher profits