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0 pointsclaytonjy2y ago0 comments

"enshittification" doesn't refer to a change in _investor_ value, but to _user_ value. Facebook does make a ton of money, but at the expense of the user experience. They got huge by providing a great UX and making no money; it was the need to make money that triggered enshittification.

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throw109202y ago· 2 in thread

> "enshittification" doesn't refer to a change in _investor_ value

"enshittification" doesn't refer to anything at all. It's a political term meant to be used by anti-corporate causes - it doesn't have a real definition because it's a made-up word with no value other than activism.

latentcall2y ago

Is anti-corporate a bad thing? Is activism also bad? Aren’t all words made up? The word does indeed refer to something. Just because you disagree with it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

throw109202y ago

Activism is fine. Not on HN. Words are made up all the time, but "enshittification" is currently nothing more than a trendy piece of jargon that basically only exists on HN (and maybe Reddit), and is definitely not appropriate here.

> The word does indeed refer to something. Just because you disagree with it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

That's irrelevant here. Virtually everyone would agree that the word "libtard" also refers to something, but very few would actually appreciate it being used.

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