enshittification

Experiences After Leaving Twitter – Two Years Later And The WordPress Drama, The Implications on the AniBlogosphere

October 31, 2024 by Chikorita157 3 Comments

How is life without being on Twitter? Well, it’s great.

It’s almost coming to two years of leaving Twitter. You might be wondering, how are things going? Yes, there are a lot of challenges in cutting myself from the connections I made on Twitter that are in the Aniblogosphere as the site has gotten worse.

After I decided to cut Twitter loose, I moved on to the Fediverse with things like Mastodon and Misskey. Now that we are in two years as Elon continues to destroy what remains of the site, now called X, I may as well reflect on that and, of course, the drama with WordPress. Yes, this one is important. This is also the 2^ndanniversary since I started Sakurajima on October 28, 2022.

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Category: EditorialsTag: AniBlogosphere, enshittification, opinion, personal experiences, wordpress

The Enshittification of Centralized Social Platforms and Implications on the Japanese Media Fandom, or Why You should Join Mastodon/the Fediverse

July 1, 2023 by Chikorita157 4 Comments

This scene from *Akiba Maid War* describes what Twitter and Reddit is facing, a complete meltdown and enshittification, thus bringing their users down with them.

Since the mid-2010s, the Japanese media fandom, whether anime or manga, has moved away from blogs and forum communities to centralized platforms like Twitter, Reddit, Facebook and Instagram.

However, in 2023, we are paying a massive price in abandoning user-run spaces and moving everything to centralized platforms. These platform owners realized they had to make money. This is because central banks worldwide are increasing interest rates and tightening the money supply to fight inflation. As a result, these platform owners realized the venture capital funding they receive has dried up, and now they must turn a profit. In fact, no centralized social planforms ever really turn a consistent profit that can sustain themselves.

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Category: EditorialsTag: AniBlogosphere, anime fandom, enshittification, reddit, twitter