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Why is Lemmy obsessed with the word "enshittification"? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I see it referenced constantly here, not quite as much on Reddit. I know what it means, but just wondering why such the popularity over on this side of the fence?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I think it's because enshitification is just sort of everywhere now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wait... I thought Lemmy liked TPB as much as Star Trek. I just like Mr. Lahey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcQW04AQ_Ok

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

are you comparing reddit today to lemmy today?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People find a shiny new word that sounds clever. They start using it so that they sound clever too. They like sounding clever, so they use it a lot. They start using it for things that it doesn't actually mean, until it loses all meaning other than the most generic "I don't like that." The word becomes enshittified and people eventually stop using it.

Needing a substitute, people find a new word...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

We already have a word. Why change it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Lemmy.

Lemmings?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/rimtaSgGz_4

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/rimtaSgGz_4

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

because you're not allowed to say "capitalism" nobody knows what that is

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Because they seem to love Cory Doctorow, while not knowing he was involved in the media harassment and witch hunting of a famous Chinese tech girl Naomi Wu.

https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-naomi-wu-part-2-over-the-wall-and-into-the-fire-5e8efc5c1509

You can navigate to part 1 if you want to read the full story, so you can understand Cory Doctorow's role mentioned in part 2.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

They're not class conscious.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

Easier to repeat other people than think.

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