The internet is dying on the outside but growing on the inside

The article argues that the internet is shifting from public spaces to private "dark forests," where people hide from mainstream competition for power, and that bots now post more content than humans for the first time. It cites Sean Monahan's view that Dead Internet Theory and Dark Forest Theory together explain the internet today, with the line "The internet is dying on the outside but growing on the inside." It draws on James C. Scott's idea of hidden transcripts. It also covers the DFT 2025 show at Wesleyan University and Metalabel's Dark Forest Operating System (DFOS), software for small groups to create private internets.