I liked SO back in the day. And then I didn’t. Felt that way about ARS community in the early days. And the didn’t. I loved for slashdot info for a while, and then didn’t. Reddit seems to be passing the same zenith. I remember originally loving comp.lang._____.

In each case, some form of Pournelles iron law of beauracracy seems to take over. Enshitification just feels like an economic abstraction over Pournelles law. It’s the way that crap acretes on to good.

I’ve come to believe it’s inevitable. And just look for where the next cycle is occurring at. Ride the wave while it works.