This is a theory that’s previously been stated in log/39-normie-hypothesis.gmi, but I think it’s worth expanding on as it’s become very relevant with the recent Reddit shit-show actualizing just how bad that website has gotten along with social media in general. I think the model demonstrate how the ’enshittification’ process is an inevitability with any social media that is run on a venture capital model. An online community can be like a village, where you have familiar faces, collective experiences, shared values and so forth.

Great writing on the current Reddit saga. The author put down in words a lot of things in my mind I couldn’t find the right words.

      • nii236English
        2•1 year ago

        Not this part tho

        From mobile app stores to Steam, from Facebook to Twitter, this is the enshittification lifecycle

        Steam started off shit and got better. Unshittification?

        • DarohanBEnglish
          0•1 year ago

          True, you’re right about that! I spent most of the article wondering when they were going to justify that claim, then they didn’t so I just kinda discarded it 😂