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The overuse of the word enshittification drives me crazy.
Enshittification of "enshittification"
/s
Enshittiception
Ekshuliiii.. it should be Enshittificursion or Reshittification. Inception means something else.
I'll show myself out.
Yeah, it has a very specific meaning, and people are now using it to mean "things becoming shitty". Just because "shit" is the base word doesn't mean that's what the whole word means.
Enshittification doesn't mean "thing gets shittier"? Who knew?!
No, it doesn't.
From Wikipedia:
From the guy who coined the term itself:
That's just listing the whys and hows of "things get shittier ".
Being a pedant is never a good look. You're missing the larger point. The same corporate impulse that drives platform decay ripples out to things like UX design. And that impulse is: the customer doesn't matter anymore, we already got your money, only what we want matters.
Being intentionally ignorant is never a good look.
Maybe listen to that feeling.
Ooh, we have an internet tough guy over here.
Feels like it's always been a buzzword for whatever someone doesn't like right now
Thank you. I think it was overused even the moment it was used for its intended purpose. It feels really im14andthisisedgy to me.
I'm actually really glad we're hearing it.
It's a sign that people are finally starting to have higher standards.
I think those with low standards would get upset. Nobody likes to admit they're being taken advantage of.
And I think this is a dumb take, considering who coined the word and why. It's a variation of "I hate anything trendy or popular".
Underuse IMO. We’ve grown complacent in so many regards.
Are they wrong for using a word correctly? Or are you wrong for being a bitch about it? Hmmm.
It’s Lemmy’s “play stupid games…” variant
What do you mean 'overuse'?
It's just now entering our vernacular.
Yup, and when I used it, I knew someone would bitch about that. It's funny how people get hung up on their pet peeve more than they do the more serious underlying issues we're talking about here. It's the same phenomenon politicians and wealthy elites use to keep us fighting each other over trivial culture war bullshit instead of pulling together to improve our material interests.