It seems that we’ve had a rash of formerly loved internet services going down the enshittification curve. As coined (brilliantly) by Cory Doctorow, enshittification is the process by which a compan…
As someone who is not the target audience of the article I’m sure many internet CEOs, which imo is not a good term, will read this and be enlightened.
I am sure not only do the CEOs know all this, they decided not to follow those rules.
Imo there is only one rule to be followed. It’s a decision the CEO often doesn’t get to make anymore. It’s made by the founders before a CEO is put in charge.
The deciding factor is whether or not the company gets sold to investors who care for money first and every else second. Once a company is publicly traded enshittification is guaranteed. But often even stakeholders or venture capitalists etc can cause problems.
A founder has to make sure not to sell and become dependent on people who don’t give a shit about your company. And instead want money first. And more money second.
Good points. Would be nice if some CEOs or investors read and are influenced by this, but I figure the more relevant audience in this forum is new instance owners. A lot of people have become tiny little social media site owners lately by spinning up their own instances, and a lot of these tips for CEOs seem relevant.
As someone who is not the target audience of the article I’m sure many internet CEOs, which imo is not a good term, will read this and be enlightened.
I am sure not only do the CEOs know all this, they decided not to follow those rules.
Imo there is only one rule to be followed. It’s a decision the CEO often doesn’t get to make anymore. It’s made by the founders before a CEO is put in charge.
The deciding factor is whether or not the company gets sold to investors who care for money first and every else second. Once a company is publicly traded enshittification is guaranteed. But often even stakeholders or venture capitalists etc can cause problems.
A founder has to make sure not to sell and become dependent on people who don’t give a shit about your company. And instead want money first. And more money second.
Good points. Would be nice if some CEOs or investors read and are influenced by this, but I figure the more relevant audience in this forum is new instance owners. A lot of people have become tiny little social media site owners lately by spinning up their own instances, and a lot of these tips for CEOs seem relevant.