The Gibson on Nostr: Rejecting and resisting enshittification actually means embracing enshittification. ...
Rejecting and resisting enshittification actually means embracing enshittification.
Because when a system becomes enshittified, it is vulnerable to replacement.
Fediverse is a perfect example… now the very silos it intended to replace flock to join it… not to lend it legitimacy, but to gain legitimacy from it.
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2024-04-06 06:18:42Event JSON
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