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November 21, 2024

The enshittification of Shitter gets worse

And, in this case, it has nothing to do with Elmo Musk's politics.

It has nothing to do with #BlueAnon celebrities and political celebrities fleeing to BlueSky, all while either forgetting or else being ignorant of the fact that its owner, Ice Bath Balls Jack Dorsey, wasn't exactly a barrel of enlightenment when he owned Shitter, and neither was Shitter itself. (This also ignores that Ice Bath Balls Jack couldn't make a real profit on Shitter, so he dumped it on Musk.)

What it is, is that Elmo's Shitter appears to have dumped the "Trending" on the right-hand rail of a normal Shitter page. Dumped as in gotten rid of it.

Instead, we have this "Explore," listed as being currently in Beta, but surely about to be shoved down our throats.

It's nice. Or rather, "nice."

But, it's all about politics.

It's like Elmo and his autistic/OCD goons don't recognize the world of non-political media, and for that matter, non-media period, users of Shitter. (Well, maybe former users, if more and more of these people go away, too.)

Like #NBATwitter, for example.

I don't know if Cory Doctorow has tackled this subset of enshittification in detail, but it's the reverse of the old (and untrue) adage that "the customer is always right." It's now, "the tech dudebro owner is always right."

That said, it IS fun watching and reading all the post-election #BlueAnon blather. Or rich people like Ellen Degeneres being serious about leaving the US.

LeBron is just taking a Shitter break. Maybe he'll establish international residence after he retires? 

Update, Nov. 22: A LOT of people must have bitched about this. Shitter made them go away.

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