Moderators—human and algorithmic—kept the chaos at bay. But as blockchain, AI generation, and hyper-social algorithms merged, the playgrounds mutated. They became less like a kindergarten and more like a post-apocalyptic mall after dark.

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So why "apocalypse"? Because like any good end-of-the-world movie, it happens in three distinct acts.