Social media will die within 5 years from AI slop and bots, predicts founder Kyle Gawley
kylegawley · x · 2026-11-15
Founder Kyle Gawley predicts traditional social media will collapse within five years, driven by AI-generated slop and bots. His forecast:
- YouTube grows since video is harder to fake
- Private communities and old-school forums explode
- Newsletters become more popular
- The indie web revives
His advice: be authentic, build trust, own your audience via newsletters/communities, and make raw human content — positioning creators for a post-slop internet.
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