Because it perfectly embodies one thing the Lemmy hivemind hates the most about how large, for-profit corporations tend to behave
this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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Not just Lemmy, it is simply a popula word now. But for good reason.
Remember when things were better, before all the enshittification ? Pepperidge Farms remembers
I'm only here because I'm pissed at the enshitification of elsewhere. Of course Imma talk about it.
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Itβs a word that has become popular in general in the last year-ish. But if you hear it more here. It is likely because it is a term used to describe the dynamic that pushed people from Reddit and other platforms to Lemmy. So you will here it more here, since pretty much everyone here has been personally affected by it.
Basically we are a self selecting group of people who chose to leave (or minimize use of) big tech platforms. And are therefore much more likely to be aware of the problems with those platforms.
I think it's just everywhere now. I see it on Tumblr too.
It's because we were given a name for something that didn't have a name before but was everywhere.
This is a great thing. With a definition we can understand and discuss the topic.
If you think this didn't have a name before, then you may need to read up a bit on the history of capitalism.
It's rent seeking.
Gotta love linguistics
Language is magic. Some electrical impulses cause a bunch of electrochemical reactions in a complicated pile of meat to make air vibrate, and at a distance another complicated pile of meat turns the waves into a similar series of electrical impulses.
Of all the unlikely stuff to happen to make use.. that's still just wild...
It's like the weeping angels from doctor who, the moment you take your eyes off the shit waves, you're covered in it.
Recent helldivers and tarkov controversy be like
I'm just glad people stopped inserting the word "literally" everywhere. Literally language enshitification.
This is some sort of 4d chess. With multiverse. And time travel.
And that, everybody, is literally not the correct usage of "enshittification".
Jk, but for real though, it's not a direct synonym for "degraded" or "gets worse". It's more specific than that.
Plus, "literally" now literally has an alternative definition in the dictionary meaning "figuratively". So y'know, maybe get over the needless linguistic prescriptivism.
I'm literally a prescriptivist though. But only during reverse office hours.
The problem is that when a word means one thing and it's anonym at the same time, it does make it hard to tell which one they're using. Usually it's easy to tell, but not always. It's not about prescriptivism, rather utility. I'm fine with language changing, but I hate losing useful words.
Agreed. Happy for language to change but what word do I use to tell people I'm not exaggerating?
genuinely is a pretty good one
I think it's happening more and more in the tech industry - one theory I heard was that rising interest rates meant companies couldn't just take out loans that were practically free money, so they're cracking down on monetizing every nook and cranny.
Reddit was no exception. Many of us left this thing we once loved because of it, and came here. So on top of industry trends, there's a huge selection bias among us Lemmings.
Spot on imo.
Is it just on Lemmy?
Well, you know your platform has made it when it's spawning it's own buzzwords.
It started 40 years ago, when a man was not allowed to fix his printer. We didn't have the word enshittification at the time but even then it was understood what happens when technology abuses its users in order to enrich its creators.
Give me a synonym. Until then I'll use it.
Iβm new here but Iβm here precisely because of the enshittification of Reddit.
Honestly though, now that I think about it, a huge chunk of my digital experience has been enshittified. Technology and software that used to wow me still wows me at the surface but frustrates me at my core. Some UI elements and design seem outright hostile.
Maybe Iβm just misremembering the past or was more patient back then. Reddit certainly has enshittified though.
I mean at least when it comes to design it was shit in the past cause either it was being done by people who didn't know much about design or it was something new and people didn't know what would be a good design for it. Now it's shit cause making it shit in certain ways let's companies make more money.
I also like the phrase "rot economy", though it does reach a little wider
Because most people on lemmy are here because of it.
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