Congrats to The Guardian on hiring Doctorow to explain enshittification to the non-tech masses.
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It was two married women not a guy and a woman I guess.
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Please consider this scary thought: chatGPT has not yet started the enshittification pivot. That is yet to come. It is, for now, free of ads, free of clutter, and free of (obvious) manipulation.
But of course that must change as they move into the "more profitable" part of their growth cycle.
What will advertising look like in that environment. One that is already too manipulative? One that is already playing fast and loose with the truth.
shudder with me at what is to come
@futurebird @zeldman how do we know there isn't some advertising already? The replies could already be biased towards an advertiser. Done in a subtle fashion it would be hard to detect!
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@futurebird @zeldman how do we know there isn't some advertising already? The replies could already be biased towards an advertiser. Done in a subtle fashion it would be hard to detect!
@DoctorDNS @zeldman This is what I keep anticipating— not just for this but corporate social media. Things like subtle promotion of organic posts that are positive about a brand— or even that suggest the *need* for a brand. Or maybe showing you that you have multiple friends who took a vacation to make it seem like you ought to do that too.
The possibilities for manipulation are endless!
There was some evidence facebook was doing this 8 years ago what has it become?
