The core tenet of this podcast is around legitimising the value of the arts, interests, hobbies and leisure in today's increasingly stressful, commodified world.

There's no better example of why this matters more than ever than the absolute dumpster-fire we're faced with in terms of user experiences on social media and like, in 2023.

Join me as we explore exactly how, where and why Big Tech is becoming 'enshittified'.

Timestamps:

[0:00 ] - Intro/Housekeeping

[1:58 ] - Hobby Update! (Tabletop RPG, [7:35 ] Music, [11:55 ] Video Games)

[13:36 ] - Topic - Intro, Overview Discussion

[20:35 ] - The Internet - History, Culture and Changes 1990s - Now

[23:45 ] - Defining 'Enshittification'

[26:59 ] - The 'Walled-Garden Ecosystem' Of Big Tech (Facebook, Twitter/X, Google, etc)

[31:00 ] - Amazon's Trajectory of Enshittifying The Online Marketplace

[33:00 ] - Regulatory Lobbying, Antitrust, Copyright and IP

[42:43 ] - 'Social Media Is Doomed To Die' - Runaway Growth & Increased Use of Short-Form Media

[48:00 ] - IPO, Capital and The Consumer-Facing Burden of Information Synthesis (Thanks, SEO!)

[51:00 ] - RANDOM CHIRPS OF AGREEMENT FROM BASED COMRADE BIRD OUTSIDE!

[52:00 ] - User Feedback/Commentary

[54:51 ] - RIP Reddit - API Changes, The Death of Third-Party Apps & Overall Enshittification

[57:00 ] - UNEDITED SIGH OF EXISTENTIAL RESIGNATION!

[58:50 ] - The Reddit Moderator Exodus & Informational Damage Control

[64:00 ] - Oh Elon - X, Twitter Takeover & A Chronology of Failures, One Year On

[72:00 ] - Concluding Thoughts

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LINK:

https://www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/archive-ep-18-touch-grass-aka-the-enshittification-of-the-internet