enshittification

systematic decline in quality of online platforms over time driven by greed
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enshittification
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enshittification

Summary

enshittification ranks in the top 0.59% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,607 views/month, #458 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • enshittification is credited with the discovery of Cory Doctorow[2].
  • enshittification's image is recorded as AI Overviews result for "enshittified google", October 23, 2024.jpg[3].
  • enshittification's audio is recorded as LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enshittification.wav[4].
  • shit is named after enshittification[5].
  • enshittification's subclass of is recorded as systemic problem[6].
  • enshittification's subclass of is recorded as market failure[7].
  • enshittification's subclass of is recorded as self-destructive behaviour[8].
  • enshittification's subclass of is recorded as rent-seeking[9].
  • enshittification's subclass of is recorded as degradation[10].
  • enshittification's Commons category is recorded as Enshittification[11].
  • enshittification's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2023-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • enshittification's has cause is recorded as greed[13].
  • enshittification's has cause is recorded as imperfect competition[14].
  • enshittification's main subject is recorded as degradation[15].
  • enshittification's described at URL is recorded as https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/[16].
  • enshittification's described at URL is recorded as https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys[17].
  • enshittification's described at URL is recorded as https://www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/clic-gauche/aux-apatrides-du-web-merdique[18].
  • enshittification's facet of is recorded as Big Tech[19].
  • enshittification's facet of is recorded as platform capitalism[20].
  • enshittification's facet of is recorded as platform economy[21].
  • enshittification's has characteristic is recorded as switching barriers[22].
  • enshittification's has characteristic is recorded as double marginalization[23].
  • enshittification's has characteristic is recorded as two-sided market[24].
  • enshittification's subject lexeme is recorded as {'id': 'L1451716', 'numeric-id': 1451716, 'entity-type': 'lexeme'}[25].
  • enshittification's subject lexeme is recorded as {'id': 'L1451717', 'numeric-id': 1451717, 'entity-type': 'lexeme'}[26].

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Works and Contributions

enshittification is credited with the discovery of Cory Doctorow[2].

Why It Matters

enshittification ranks in the top 0.59% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,607 views/month, #458 of 77,819).[1] enshittification has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] enshittification is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [2] . pluralistic.net. pluralistic.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] . pluralistic.net. pluralistic.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] . lemonde.fr. Retrieved . lemonde.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . lemonde.fr. Retrieved . lemonde.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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