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[–] watch_listed 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

It's an Anglicization of the latin "sic" (pronounced with a long I so it sounds more like "seek" than "sick"). Sic meant thus, or less anachronistically, this. Even in ancient Roman times, people would agree with something by saying that it was thus, or "sic". It was such a common response that it survived being vulgarized into Italian's sì and Spanish's sí.

So an internet response of "this" is merely carrying on a timeless Western tradition of someone just having to say something in a conversation without actually having anything of value to add.