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@pluralistic
yeah why do you even choose words cory
I remember reading and commenting on the essay where you first used the term #enshittification, on @medium back in November 2022. I doubt you or anyone else realized then how much it would catch on 🙂
https://doctorow.medium.com/social-quitting-1ce85b67b456
Also, happy to see another @thunderbird user. Sadly, Mozilla is becoming enshittified as well.
@pluralistic It's the opposite of the 'enhance' trope, even existentially.
@pluralistic "Transitioning from 'bite the hand that feeds' to 'bite every hand, all the time, don't stop biting'" is too many syllables.
Did you reply "6 7" ?
@pluralistic
You should tell them it's a German word lol
@pluralistic I like the term. I feel it fits.
@pluralistic intended obsolescence is the older term for it. It's not a new idea, ppl just act brand new about every fucking thing
@pluralistic Well, why did you choose such a silly word as your central selling point? I must confess that it's the rebuilding which intrigues me far more than the business of things falling apart.
@pluralistic Hey there, fellow Thunderbird user!
You are a writer. How dare you <checks notes> "choose words."
@pluralistic funny to have someone angrily agree with you 😅
@pluralistic I completely agree with the email. "Enshittification" is a term I would have come up at the age of 14 during a period of heightened teenage angst, while still trying to sound far more intelligent than I would have been. It is completely unsuited to a problem this serious and ubiquitous. What's wrong with "platform decay" as listed on the @wikipedia article?
@pluralistic must admit, I prefer to avoid the swear word in some contexts, but in those rare context I just go for platform decay. No big deal.
@pluralistic didn't even spell it right.
