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"I got tired of waiting for your brilliant alternative. Just checked my spam folder, and it wasn't there, either."

@pluralistic I'd reply (jokingly) with a message about how "well, it beat out corporate-auto-erotic-asphyxiation so I think enshittification is the lesser of two weevils"

@pluralistic I personally think it's prety good, reflects exactly that tech engineering, business strategy, unthinkable amount of money or/and the "best minds of the world that resides silicon valley" are doing nothing but shitty products. In Brazil we say merdificação or bostificação

@pluralistic I kind of like "Zerscheißigung" for the German version.

@pluralistic the other day my daughter asked me "daddy, are all words made up" and she's definitely wiser than this person

@pluralistic I like that it is very translatable, at least in French.
We already had emmerder (verb), emmerdeur-se (noun for a person), emmerdant (adjectif) emmerdement (noun for an event) and now emmerdification (noun for a deliberate process) is the perfect addition to the family.
A very traditional and proper way to enrich our languages.

@pluralistic personally, I love the word. It perfectly describes the situation and it catches attention so people don't just ignore it.

@pluralistic They’re just jealous they didn’t come up with it sooner

@pluralistic „why did you choose such a fucking dumb word and not something more polite, you asshole“ 😂

@pluralistic he must just hate swearing.

Wait...

@pluralistic https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=PTsSk0r_Tq8

@pluralistic enshittification works well

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They're not entirely wrong. I would've used "fuckitallupified".

@pluralistic You really have to have a high opinion of yourself to email an author with such low effort criticism. Why not just impotently whine on socials like a normal person?

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Yeah craphound, of all the words you could have chosen... Jeez

@pluralistic "because it's accurate"

@pluralistic the fact it's caught on means it was the right word

@pluralistic Honestly the verbiage makes sense.

"The chocolate cream in our product is so expensive, why can't we use dog poo instead?"
"Trust me, the customers will never know the difference."

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Enfuckification then?

@pluralistic answer: because God told me so.

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I think it is a great word because it starts the conversation and it's deservedly angry

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Why did you write that book "Do Not Build The Torment Nexus?

Now nobody wants to use my #tormentnexus !

@pluralistic Though does the term not do exact justice to the phenomenon described? The author of this e-mail should acknowledge that.

@pluralistic Can't think of many cases, where wording hits meaning as good as here.

Maybe we need a latinized Version, to enable entry into science speak? 🤪 Might that soothe spirits?

Proposing: >> merdificatio << ... with additional enhancement of merdificatio maior... for best enshittification by our much beloved big platforms.

@pluralistic Maybe for the sender enshittification is a *good* thing and he simply does not understand why you have coined a *bad* word for it?

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The irony of not minding the domainname of your mailserver at the same time when sending that feedback 😂

@pluralistic @cstross that is a very eloquent, completely pre-enshittification honest-to-$DIVINITY email. No notes.

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Scalzi's approach was to grade his hate mail for grammar, spelling, & cogency.

Brilliant!
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/10/12/your-hate-mail-will-be-graded-new-edition-jan-10/

@pluralistic I keep being amazed by how deeply rooted the fear of supposedly dirty words is in some people.

I see so many who censor their own writing even in private messages. Like, writing f**k instead of fuck.

@pluralistic I think this is fan mail. 💌

@pluralistic Yeah Cory, like have you even considered regional variations? It's Endumpification in southern England, Enshiteification in the north (shortened from Enbagofshiteification), and Enseeyouseyoumassivejobbyification in Scotland.

@pluralistic maybe they should take a look at your domain name and reflect

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Not to be confused with enshittfiction, which is just past the non-enshittfiction section.

@pluralistic missed chance to criticize the term for being shitty

@pluralistic This word is just right.

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Because "emmerdement" already existed.

@pluralistic tell them they can call it e13n if they want to be cool about it

@pluralistic do they propose alternatives or just complain about the one that people understand?

@pluralistic Love the language of this one.

@pluralistic warning: no one take branding advice from this person.

@pluralistic I suppose you could reduce or abbreviate it to "nshitt" for the modern reader, or "etm" for the classically inclined? Perhaps the lad has a point even if missing an i?

@pluralistic Maybe this person forgot to put this through their AI business speak translator. But to me the word is perfect as it sounds accurate upon first hearing it.

Enshittfication is like enshittification on steroids!

(or concentrated prune juice really)

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@pluralistic “The enshittification of important concept terminology, exhibit 1.”

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Maybe just jealous you coined the defining word of the 21st Century?
#enshitification

@pluralistic Why do you choose some words and not others?!

@pluralistic this is the way