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Against Enshittification

Everything feels all crappy and AI-generated. Here's something that's definitely handmade.

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Sally Shideler
Oct 22, 2025
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I bet you've heard this latest buzzword. And it's a good one! Cory Doctorow coined the term “enshittification” in 2022 to describe how so many platforms, pushing profits to their limits, allow their content to degrade and devolve in quality until there's nothing to truly engage with intellectually.

And now, the overwhelming use of AI in creating content …

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