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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1158035/how-enshittification-ruins-the-internet-and-much-more-feeds-filled-with-ai-slop-big-tech

Our online world is rapidly ‘enshittifying’. How do we stand up against it?

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this article is akin to "how cancer harms your health"

[–] axh@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fun fact: there was a period in time, when the main use for Facebook was to stay in touch with your friends... Or at least this is how I, a naive person, saw it.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know, and that part is understandable... I am referring to the title of the article pretending to "explain" how 'enshittification' is bad. Well d'uh, I doubt they would have called it enshittification if it were good in any way

[–] axh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I actually thought that I was responding to the comment about not using social media... But I agree with both comments. I'm just surprised how much enshitification happened to social media before we noticed