Nearly 40% of webpages from 2013 are gone — AI trained on the internet's leftovers
SydSteyerhart · x · 2026-11-02
Citing recent research, Brian Roemmele notes nearly 40% of webpages that existed in 2013 have vanished, and AI was trained mostly on the easily monetized leftovers. The piece argues "the internet never forgets" is a myth: high-quality long-form content decayed while algorithms favored short performative quips, leaving mostly low-value social media posts. "The truth is paywalled and the lies are free" — Dead Internet Theory was an early warning, and we are raising an amnesiac generation.
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