Enshittification (and what to do about it)

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        "text": "A while back, Cory Doctorow had an article that made the rounds called \u201cTiktok\u2019s Enshittification\u201c, and then a follow-up called \u201cGig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes\u201c, both of which are well worth the time to read. I\u2019m fairly certain that\u2019s where the term \u201censhittification\u201d was coined, and damn if it doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense:\n\n\n\n\nHere is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.\n\n\n\nI call this enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a \u201ctwo sided market,\u201d where a platform sits between buyers and sellers, holding each hostage to the other, raking off an ever-larger share of the value that passes between them.\nCory Doctorow, \u201cTiktok\u2019s Enshittification\u201c\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading \u201cEnshittification (and what to do about it)\u201d",
        "html": "<p>A while back, Cory Doctorow had an article that made the rounds called \u201c<a href=\"https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys\">Tiktok\u2019s Enshittification</a>\u201c, and then a follow-up called \u201c<a href=\"https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/#fishers-of-men\">Gig apps trap reverse centaurs in wage-stealing Skinner boxes</a>\u201c, both of which are well worth the time to read. I\u2019m fairly certain that\u2019s where the term \u201censhittification\u201d was coined, and damn if it doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense:</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I call this enshittification, and it is a seemingly inevitable consequence arising from the combination of the ease of changing how a platform allocates value, combined with the nature of a \u201ctwo sided market,\u201d where a platform sits between buyers and sellers, holding each hostage to the other, raking off an ever-larger share of the value that passes between them.</p>\nCory Doctorow, \u201c<a href=\"https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys\">Tiktok\u2019s Enshittification</a>\u201c\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n <a href=\"https://nadreck.me/2023/07/enshittification-and-what-to-do-about-it/#more-11686\">Continue reading<span> \u201cEnshittification (and what to do about it)\u201d</span></a>"
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Jonathan LaCour cleverdevil.io/profile/cleverdevil

Happy 15th birthday, App Store

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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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        "text": "Joey needs $400 more by the end of July for the process of becoming a US citizen. Please donate as you\u2019re able and help boost this request \u2014 any amount helps! https://gofund.me/49764bb6 #SanDiego #MutualAid",
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Site Updates

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        "text": "Two things, only one of which is probably relevant to you:\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve migrated my gallery into WordPress. It currently is just the work that was in my old gallery, but I\u2019ll be adding new stuff going forward. (It\u2019s also linked to in the nav bar at the top of the page!)\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve made some behind-the-scenes tweaks, how image attachment pages work, and also added a plugin for improving how the WordPress media library works (FileBird is what I landed on, will explain my thoughts on it all below the cut). If you notice any broken links or odd behavior, please let me know!\nContinue reading \u201cSite Updates\u201d",
        "html": "<p>Two things, only one of which is probably relevant to you:</p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>I\u2019ve <a href=\"https://nadreck.me/gallery/\">migrated my gallery into WordPress</a>. It currently is just the work that was in my old gallery, but I\u2019ll be adding new stuff going forward. (It\u2019s also linked to in the nav bar at the top of the page!)</li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019ve made some behind-the-scenes tweaks, how image attachment pages work, and also added a plugin for improving how the WordPress media library works (FileBird is what I landed on, will explain my thoughts on it all below the cut). If you notice any broken links or odd behavior, please let me know!</li>\n</ol><a href=\"https://nadreck.me/2023/07/site-updates/#more-11676\">Continue reading<span> \u201cSite Updates\u201d</span></a>"
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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        "text": "It\u2019s time for another IndieWeb blog carnival! Also, Threads, I guess. It\u2019s your < 10min update on the #IndieWeb community!\nThis Week in the IndieWeb audio edition for July 1st - 7th, 2023.\nhttps://martymcgui.re/2023/07/09/this-week-in-the-indieweb-audio-edition--july-1st---7th-2023/",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

This Week in the IndieWeb Audio Edition • July 1st - 7th, 2023

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        "text": "Show/Hide Transcript\n    \n  It\u2019s time for another IndieWeb blog carnival! Also, Threads, I guess. It\u2019s the audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for July 1st - 7th, 2023.\nYou can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/.\nMusic from Aaron Parecki\u2019s 100DaysOfMusic project: Day 85 - Suit, Day 48 - Glitch, Day 49 - Floating, Day 9, and Day 11\nThanks to everyone in the IndieWeb chat for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!",
        "html": "Show/Hide Transcript\n    \n  <p>It\u2019s time for another IndieWeb blog carnival! Also, Threads, I guess. It\u2019s the audio edition for <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/this-week/2023-07-07.html\">This Week in the IndieWeb for July 1st - 7th, 2023</a>.</p>\n<p>You can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/\">martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/</a>.</p>\n<p>Music from <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/\">Aaron Parecki</a>\u2019s <a href=\"https://100.aaronparecki.com/\">100DaysOfMusic project</a>: <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/03/15/14/day85\">Day 85 - Suit</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/06/7/day48\">Day 48 - Glitch</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/07/4/day49\">Day 49 - Floating</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/29/21/day-9\">Day 9</a>, and <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/31/15/\">Day 11</a></p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone in the <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb chat</a> for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!</p>"
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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        "text": "Have you been patiently waiting for a return to eternal Caturday?",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

🗓️ The Level Up with XP

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    "published": "2023-07-08T21:00:00-0400",
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    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2023/07/08/the-level-up-with-xp/",
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        "name": "Magnet Theater",
        "street-address": "254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)",
        "locality": "New York",
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        "text": "Enjoy some improv delights at this indie showcase hosted by Xavier and Philip!\nI\u2019ll be playing in with DB Cooper Returns as well as The Unpaid Interns!\nMagnet Theater\n\n254 West 29th St (btwn 7th and 8th Ave.)\n\nNew York City, NY 10001\n\nTickets $10: https://magnettheater.com/show/57461/",
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Electric vehicle charging and carbon offsets

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Trying to take off the Cynic Hat

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        "text": "I\u2019d started writing a screed here about how Threads\u2019 purported support for interoperation with other services through ActivityPub (an open standard) is a red herring, and how they\u2019ll be locking it down as soon as they hit a critical mass (which I stand by, for what it\u2019s worth \u2013 I give it two years before things start shifting, shutting down APIs, breaking interoperability, adding features that \u201conly work in Threads\u201d, putting their thumb on the scales for changes to the standard, etc). But I realized I was wearing my Cynic Hat, and yucking peoples\u2019 yum doesn\u2019t really help. I\u2019ve already mentioned my concerns about their privacy settings and intertwining with Instagram \u2013 if, knowing that, you still opt to sign up, that\u2019s up to you, go have fun.\n\n\n\nSo instead, here\u2019s a few projects that are giving me some hope:\n\n\n\n\nThe Flickr Foundation and Wikimedia Commons are partnering to improve the bridge between the services. (For those out of the loop, Flickr has been quietly rebuilding itself since it was acquired by SmugMug back in 2018, and launched a non-profit \u2013 the Flickr Foundation \u2013 in 2022, to help steward the large body of public domain or creative commons licensed material that had accumulated. I have a soft spot for any project that aims at preservation and responsible sharing of creative work, and this seems like a good one.)\n\n\n\nSeveral museums have begun making available high quality scans of many important works from their archives. Notably, the Smithsonian and the National Gallery of Art are both doing this. The Creative Law Center has a page with a list of museums part of this effort! (If you haven\u2019t checked the Creative Law Center out, it\u2019s a fantastic resource for explaining things like copyright, trademarks, licensing, and what to do about it all as a creator.)\n\n\n\n\nTumblr. Hear me out: after seeing it get run into the ground by corporate parent companies (for years!), seeing it get some genuine love and support from their new owners (Automattic, same folks who own WordPress) has been refreshing and appreciated. It has its own culture and customs, and while they\u2019ve made efforts to provide some mechanisms for monetization (gotta pay that server bill somehow, right?), those efforts have very much been in keeping with the nature of the site and the people who use it. Time will tell on whether that\u2019s enough for them to thrive, but that they\u2019re at least trying alternatives to the current de facto default of highly targeted user-data-driven advertising gives me some hope. Obviously I\u2019m more aligned with hosting your own shit, but if that\u2019s not viable for some reason, going somewhere that at least isn\u2019t going to actively sell you to the highest bidder feels like a good next-best alternative.",
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Social Network Power Vacuums

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        "html": "<p>The continued collapse of Twitter has lead to all sorts of folks scrambling to fill the void. They\u2019re all a bit of a shitshow in different ways (which, let\u2019s be honest, so is/was Twitter). Will Blue Sky be the next Twitter? Will Threads be the next Twitter? Will Hive be the next Twitter? Will Twitter be the next Twitter? It\u2019s all a bit laughable. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>First there were the young scrappy services that were already trying to do a thing (think Mastodon or Hive), so already existed when the exodus from Twitter first started. None of those are going to get the mass inertia (and I think that\u2019s a good thing, let them fill particular niches like they already were \u2013 hopefully enough folks stick around there that it just makes them more viable <em>for their communities</em> in the long run).</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you\u2019ve got the services that were either in development (Blue Sky) or fast-followed (Threads). Blue Sky might end up doing a thing \u2013 I\u2019m not on it, but it sounds like a lot of \u201cthe cool kids\u201d managed to land there. It\u2019s still a semi-closed beta, so it\u2019s got the \u201cexclusivity\u201d thing going (but folks say also means it feels more like pre-2013 Twitter). Threads is Meta\u2019s fast-follow into the Twitter-like space, it just came out, and design-wise people seem okay with it, but is a privacy <em>nightmare</em>, and has the sort of dark patterns and bullshittery you\u2019d expect from Meta (for instance, if you decide you don\u2019t like Threads and want to delete your Threads account, you must also delete the Instagram account you linked to it).</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://garbageday.email\">Broderick</a> had a good observation that\u2019s been making the rounds: </p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think hardcore Twitter users have rose-colored glasses about the site\u2019s coolness. The reason for its success, if you can argue that it was ever really successful, wasn\u2019t that it was cooler than Facebook. It was because of its proximity to power. The reason it was so popular with activists, extremists, journalists, and shitposters was because what you posted there could actually affect culture. The thing that ties together pretty much everything that\u2019s happened on Twitter since it launched in 2006 was the possibility that those who were not in power (or wanted more) could influence those who were. And I don\u2019t think it\u2019s an accident that a deranged billionaire broke that, nor do I think it\u2019s accident that we\u2019re suddenly being offered smaller, insular platforms or an offshoot of a Meta app as replacements. The folks in charge clearly don\u2019t want that to happen again.</p>\nRyan Broderick, \u201c<a href=\"https://www.garbageday.email/p/paying-to-use-a-site-you-cant-use\">Paying to use a site you can\u2019t use anymore</a>\u201c\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I think he\u2019s right. I also think that will probably continue to be an anomaly. The \u201csocial media\u201d era in general I don\u2019t think has been a healthy one, both for individuals and as a culture. There have been some great benefits (rapid information dissemination in times of crisis, methods to have dialogue with folks in positions of power, etc), but it\u2019s lead to some pretty massive drawbacks as well (a rise in depression and feelings of isolation, conflation with personal identity and \u201cbrand\u201d, influencer culture in general).</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t know what shape things will go from where, what the transition will be, or if we\u2019ll not actually move on and instead just limp along with a shittier, rotted husk of an internet. I think the corporate-driven shambling zombie outcome is just as likely (or <em>more</em> likely) as the outcome where we move past this and figure out a healthier, better method for interacting online. The internet is pretty shit right now, but shit can make good fertilizer, so a part of me remains hopeful that there\u2019s a seed somewhere out there that will germinate and grow, and in like a year or three we start hearing about something that is surprisingly awesome. (I don\u2019t think it\u2019ll be any of the services from now, though.)</p>"
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        "text": "Help us raise the rest of the funds for Joey by coming to our bake sale! Friday, July 7 5pm-7pm @ Azalea Park in #SanDiego\n\nIf you're not able to join us, please consider donating to the GoFundMe. #MutualAid",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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Jonathan LaCour cleverdevil.io/profile/cleverdevil

Happy ‘Murica Day 🇺🇸 🎆

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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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