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== Dead internet theory == | == Dead internet theory == | ||
| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhAMsz63Yuo The Internet is DYING: 49% Bot Traffic Proves Dead Internet Theory], | + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhAMsz63Yuo The Internet is DYING: 49% Bot Traffic Proves Dead Internet Theory], 2025 |
== Bypassing paywalls == | == Bypassing paywalls == | ||
Revision as of 06:31, October 8, 2025
Internet, internet pros and cons
Negative effect of internet usage on personality:
Psychology of Wikipeda users
Recent studies have found trends in the psychological characteristics of Wikipedia participants. One study found Wikipedians less agreeable, and less open-minded than non-Wikipedians with similar internet time-spent, according to the definition of those characteristics used by the study (Big five personality traits). This leads study conductors to hypothesize that the results occur because Wikipedia participants, rather than altruistically contributing without any financial reward, "are compensating. It is their way to have a voice in this world." ( January 2009 by Peter Aldhous. "Psychologist finds Wikipedians grumpy and closed-minded", New Scientist). This is consistent with previous research on internet users in general, presumably all compensating for real-world deficiencies, who are found to have, "higher levels of social anxiety and lower social skills."[1]. The use of the term "overcompensation" (compensation - psychology) implies that Wikipedia use is not a healthy reaction or adjustment to social awkwardness or a neutral behavior, but rather an unhealthy activity which causes harm by failing to truly address a root cause, instead hiding it.
Source: Psychology of Wikipedia users
A longitudinal study of more than 16,000 people in the UK found that those who were more aggressive as youngsters (when they were 5-7 years old) became more economically liberal and mistrusting of the government as adults in their early 30s. [2]
Dead internet theory
Bypassing paywalls
Here's the process:
- Open up https://archive.md/.
- Enter the URL of the article you wish to read into the red box.
- Wait for the process to complete.
Also, go to the Wayback Machine.
Right-wing and religious websites
Funders of right-wing media
Right-wing media online ecosystem
- Morning Update: A right-wing media landscape takes shape, Globe and Mail, 2025
- Trump is back and so is Breitbart, Politico, 2024
Traffic to Conservapedia: 2026 to 2036
"Conservapedia.com is a niche, conservative wiki encyclopedia with relatively low and declining traffic. Based on recent data, it averaged approximately 85,000 monthly visits in 2025 (derived from August 2025 figures of ~87,000 visits, adjusted for reported month-over-month drops). This baseline reflects heavy reliance on search engine traffic (about 20–25% of traffic) and direct/referral sources, with a global rank in the low millions.
...traffic is likely to decline steadily.
- 2026: ~12% decline
- 2027: Additional ~15% decline
- 2028–2036: ~18% annual decline
By 2036, traffic could stabilize at a minimal level (~10,000 monthly visits), resembling a small blog rather than a viable encyclopedia. This represents an ~87% cumulative drop from 2025, aligning with the site's historical niche status and the assumed headwinds.", Source: Traffic to Conservapedia
Website stats
- [https://www.similarweb.com/ Similarweb.com
free online tools: http://www.ipligence.com/freetools/
Website's technology
Website's hosting service
Daily Wikipedia volume for a search
Google rank checker
Google Ngrams - books
Tools and resources
- Google search operators
- Convert HTML web pages to PDF
- 5 great tools for converting HTML pages to PDF
Website stats and tools:
Pics:
Wordcount tool:
Google depersonalization:
Bookmarking:
Websites
Blogs:
Conservatism and other:
- Alexa - conservative websites
- Best conservative blogs of 2011 - Right Wing news
- User: Conservative/Web trends
- Reference websites
- Web searches
General/other/liberal websites:
Miscellaneous:
Internet as a whole:
Fun and oddball
YouTube
Website owners - contact info =
Google biases
(Biased on homosexuality, evolution, climate change and election fraud issues. Google news is biased too.)
Conservapedia
Conservapedia - Alexa rankings
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Rationalwiki
Conservative sector of the internet
- Best conservative blogs of 2011 - Right Wing news
- Politically right blogging and a bad economy (somewhat of a humor piece)
Public Domain pictures and pictures with generous copyright provisions
Flikr and Creative commons:
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_identify_public_domain_creative_commons_photos_flickr.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Some other good sites for public domain images:
- http://www.pdphoto.org
- http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/index.cfm
- http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/
- NASA and USGS photos are also in the public domain
- http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/_use.htm
Flikr and Creative commons:
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_identify_public_domain_creative_commons_photos_flickr.html
Some other good sites for public domain images:
- http://www.pdphoto.org
- http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/index.cfm
- http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/
- NASA and USGS photos are also in the public domain
- http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/_use.htm
Free clip art: