[Ads-l] enshittification

[Barretts Mail]

Thank you! (Gotta love Forgotify!)

> On Jun 28, 2023, at 20:01, Nancy Friedman <wordworking at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> I wrote about “enshittification” for the Strong Language blog in February:
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> https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/enshittification/
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> On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 7:54 PM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com <mailto:mail.barretts at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> I keep seeing this word in connection with Reddit.
>> 
>> Not in Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com/> <http://dictionary.com/> or the
>> OED.
>> 
>> 1. The UD has one entry on 23 Feb 2023:
>> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=enshittification
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>> 2. Wiktionary calls it vulgar, internetese and a neologism, saying that
>> Cory Doctorow coined it on 28 Nov 2022, but has three citations.
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>> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enshittification
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>> ###
>> Ultimately, it doesn't matter if Amazon's enshittification is because
>> [Jeff] Bezos was a cynic or because he sold out. Once Amazon could make
>> more money by screwing its customers, that screw-job became a fait accompli.
>> ###
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>> 
>> Wiktionary also has shittification with citations back to 2001:
>> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shittification
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>> UD: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shittification
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>> “Shittifiation” isn’t in Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com or the OED.
>> 
>> Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
>> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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