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Re:Seven Rules for Internet CEOs to Avoid Enshittification by nonrepeating on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:19PM (#36460666)
I’m absolutely with you on that. The phenomenon itself is interesting and worth discussing, but that term is just so unpalatable. Also, the term doesn’t really capture the meaning well. Ideally the word would semantically suggest the user-hostile and total capture of value, rather than just the process of becoming unpleasant.
Re:Seven Rules for Internet CEOs to Avoid Enshittification by vincefav on Saturday June 24, 2023 @03:34PM (#36461965)
You could call it something like the hostility spiral or value extraction spiral, but those terms don't really capture the experience of being a user on these platforms. Save them for polite company, I guess.