Enshittification

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divbzero · 1h ago

I wonder how Cory Doctorow coined the term and whether it was inspired at all by The Simpsons use of ‘embiggens’: https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Embiggen

chistev · 3h ago

Reddit used to be so good but then they redesigned it, adding all kinds of algorithms to keep people engaged and it just just got worse. I don't know, maybe they are hitting their profit quota.

dlachausse · 3h ago

Reddit lost me once nearly all of the subreddits became highly politicized leftist echo chambers, even ones that should have no relation to politics.

lastcat743 · 5h ago

Couldn’t this be any “platform” that degrades due to the prominence of least common denominator (such as profit, or noob centricity)?

I think “digital” exclusivity could have been omitted.

WorldPeas · 5h ago

Their next move should be to codify the current meaning of "slop" given it's being used so widely nowadays

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