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title: "Enshittification and user domestication"
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date: 2024-01-11T06:03:58-05:00
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- title: 'The Fediverse'
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url: 'https://pleroma.envs.net/notice/AdjrspyvCIZcBcJWGu'
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- title: 'IndieNews'
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url: 'https://news.indieweb.org/en'
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- title: 'jstpst'
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url: 'https://www.jstpst.net/f/just_post/9369/enshittification-and-user-domestication'
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I admit that I feel salty about the word "enshittification" taking off instead of my phrase for the same thing: ["user domestication"]({{<relref "/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md">}}). I prefer the latter because it emphasizes the gross disrespect so many platforms show their users, and how the lack of autonomy/mobility naturally leads to enshittification.
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Any platform able to get away with enshittification will do so when given the incentive. Enshittification emphasizes the process of a platform's downfall; we should be taking steps to prevent that from happening in the first place by [keeping platforms open]({{<relref "/posts/keeping-platforms-open.md">}}). Vigilance against enshittification is misplaced when better spent against user domestication.
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