alt Hacker NewsWords change meaning as they are used. Especially negative words that may start rather specific tend to get used more generally until the specificity is lost.
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PaulDavisThe1st • yesterday at 9:03 PM
"enshittification" was invented within the last couple of years and its inventor is still alive.
I'd normally be the first to agree with and push your point about language evolving, but it's not time to apply that to a neologism this young.
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how about we put some effort into actually picking the correct words and not just handwaving everything? Especially since the whole topic of discussion here is 'internet research is increasingly less reliable because people just wrote/publish any old BS for clicks.'