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Enshittification@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Feels like we should have a link to the article that coined the term

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Feels like we should have a link to the article that coined the term

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Enshittification@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok

Or how, exactly, platforms die.

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Cory Doctorow, the author of the article and coiner of the word, writes voluminously at his blog, pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/

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What is enshittification?

The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

The lifecycle of Big Internet

We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

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