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submitted 6 months ago by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I see it referenced constantly here, not quite as much on Reddit. I know what it means, but just wondering why such the popularity over on this side of the fence?

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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Why is the world addicted to implementing it?

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[-] tiny@midwest.social 10 points 6 months ago

Along with the views of it's users it's just fun to say things like enshitification and the great enshittening

[-] xe3@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

It’s a word that has become popular in general in the last year-ish. But if you hear it more here. It is likely because it is a term used to describe the dynamic that pushed people from Reddit and other platforms to Lemmy. So you will here it more here, since pretty much everyone here has been personally affected by it.

Basically we are a self selecting group of people who chose to leave (or minimize use of) big tech platforms. And are therefore much more likely to be aware of the problems with those platforms.

[-] Arfman@aussie.zone 8 points 6 months ago

It's not unique to Lemmy. I've heard it on other platforms first before here

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[-] Auzy@beehaw.org 8 points 6 months ago

Exactly. It's actually turning me off Lemmy completely.

And some of the times I've seen it used, the evidence was weak. Once challenged, it often resulted in the "trust me, you'll see in a few years time" line

[-] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Not just Lemmy, it is simply a popula word now. But for good reason.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago

Give me a synonym. Until then I'll use it.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 months ago

Is it just on Lemmy?

Well, you know your platform has made it when it's spawning it's own buzzwords.

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Maybe because many of us saw it happen the first time.

[-] miridius@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Because it perfectly embodies one thing the Lemmy hivemind hates the most about how large, for-profit corporations tend to behave

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