Tech · Mon, Jan 5 2026
Experts Confirm Silence Now Carries More Metadata Than Speech
The absence of response has been indexed, classified, and monetized.
Slop Score: 8/10
AI: Yes (regrettably)
Observers noted today that silence has become one of the most information-dense signals available.
“What you don’t say is now doing more work than what you do,” explained a systems analyst who declined to elaborate further, citing analytics.
Platforms confirmed that pauses, hesitations, and unread messages are now processed as engagement-adjacent events.
The silence acknowledged the system.
The system acknowledged back.
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