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- 1Writer mocks adtech's grip on journalism with sarcastic post●Goodness, I can’t think of anything… can you? # enshittification # internet # journalism # adtech
Developer and activist Aral Balkan posted a sarcastic remark suggesting it is obvious why journalism and the internet have deteriorated, tagging it with 'enshittification', 'adtech' and 'journalism'. The post implies the cause of declining online media quality is the advertising-technology business model, though no specific example is named.
- 2Users Say Mastodon Has a Mansplaining Problem▼There is a surprising amount of reply guys and manspainers on Mastodon, actually 😓 # mastodon # enshittification # misog
A Mastodon user is calling out what she describes as a surprising amount of 'reply guys' and mansplainers on the decentralized social network, tying the behavior to broader concerns about the platform's decline in culture. The post, tagged with terms including misogyny and 'enshittification', is drawing attention to harassment and condescending replies that women say they face even on Mastodon, which many joined hoping for a friendlier alternative to mainstream platforms.
- 3Post frames Martin Luther's Reformation as protest against pay-to-play religion●So basically Martin Luther was just protesting religious enshittification and pay to play features… # religion # protest
A social media post is recasting Martin Luther's 1517 Reformation as a protest against what it calls religious 'enshittification' and 'pay to play features', drawing an analogy between the sale of indulgences and modern monetisation practices. The joke reframes the Ninety-five Theses as complaint about paywalled salvation. Reformation history remains a familiar touchstone for satire about exploitative business models.
- 4Critics extend 'enshittification' beyond the internet to culture itself●The ongoing enshittification is only the final symptom. Before Internet, all culture was enshittified to the present glo
A comment circulating online argues that the degradation of internet platforms, often called 'enshittification', is only the final stage of a longer process. The claim is that culture was already commodified and degraded well before the internet, culminating in today's global monoculture and the treatment of nature as an exploitable object. The argument is framed as a short poem, suggesting a philosophical critique rather than a response to a specific news event.