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Nah, enshittification is a way better word. Platform decay sounds too natural, like a tree falling in a forest. It's like when the platform itself tries its hand at shitposting. When the software becomes shitware. Not so much a passive voice, but an active somebody-threw-it-down-the-shitter kind of vibe.
I’ll be consulting with Doctorow on how to get more shock value words with ‘fuck’, ‘shit’, ‘cunt’ into English dictionaries for the next generation to learn and say.
Doctorow chose an arresting choice of word, and perhaps it's sad that it drags us further along the euphemism treadmill (or in this case, dysphemism treadmill). But "platform decay" really doesn't capture what he was getting at, either.
I agree. I complained about this in the past. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39489594 Platform decay is a much better word and makes sense. Even as I type this ‘enshittification’ word my device wants to autocorrect it, I don’t care if it’s purposely made for shock value, I wish ‘enshittification’ was never coined or added to any dictionary nor should be ‘word of the year’. Again, should this word continue to pe…
But it's too narrow in scope and omits the emphasis on the process being an intentional one intended to achieve specific goals.
I agree. I complained about this in the past. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39489594 Platform decay is a much better word and makes sense. Even as I type this ‘enshittification’ word my device wants to autocorrect it, I don’t care if it’s purposely made for shock value, I wish ‘enshittification’ was never coined or added to any dictionary nor should be ‘word of the year’. Again, should this word continue to pe…
Depends where you live.
"British public no longer give a fig about on-air swearing, Ofcom says"
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/03/british-public...
If you don't like the word, you're free to use something else. I won't — "enshittification" is an extremely precise word that captures exactly what's going on with products, services, companies, and many other entities.