Enshittification@lemmy.world · 17 hours ago

Australian Macquarie Dictionary chooses "Enshittification" as Word of the Year

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Australian Macquarie Dictionary chooses "Enshittification" as Word of the Year

www.macquariedictionary.com.au

Enshittification@lemmy.world · 17 hours ago

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Word of the Year 2024 - Macquarie

www.macquariedictionary.com.au

The Word of the Year for 2024 is . . .

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Possibly the best word of the year yet

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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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