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If bad news about enshittification can get hundreds of upvotes, how many for posts on how to resist or reverse it? !Deshittification [not mine]
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andioop programming.dev andioop@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-07-19
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!deshittification@thebrainbin.org

State of affairs for technology seem bad? But what is being done to change it? And what could be done by you so it changes at least for yourself?

A community to talk about the reversal of enshittification, be it news, actions that could be done, etc.

And my favorite rule of the community:

If you must talk about enshittification, please include how someone could reverse it; otherwise, post it elsewhere

Not the mod or creator. I just post there. Home instance is programming.dev, see so many enshittification and LLM war posts even after unsubscribing to communities that post them a lot like !Programming. More than a little frustrated that An Enshittification Happened gets 500 upvotes and tons of engagement, but this little community telling you How To Resist Or At Least Partially Reverse An Enshittification (whether that be an overall strategy thinkpiece on what actions could happen at a macro level to help stop it, or a how-to guide for your personal device/experience) averages 20 upvotes. So I figured I'd try to do something about it and promo it instead of just being angry and doing nothing.

Original promo from its mod @auster@thebrainbin.org cross-posted from: https://thebrainbin.org/m/newcommunities@lemmy.world/t/1339854

!deshittification@thebrainbin.org

Made it because reversal should still be possible, and although there's !enshitification@slrpnk.net, other than its "positive monday" rule, the deshittification aspect isn't covered by their rules/guidelines (nothing against their community, though).

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Twoafros sh.itjust.works Twoafros@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-10-31
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Just joined the community after seeing this

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bruh nord.pub bruh@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-08-13
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people love to just complain instead of stepping up to make a positive change to the world

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eleijeep piefed.social eleijeep@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-22
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Thanks for the link.

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Coelacanth feddit.nu Coelacanth@feddit.nu
Joined: 2023-07-04
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Sure, sign me up.

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-13
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people love to just complain instead of stepping up to make a positive change to the world

there is a lot of enshitification that I don't have much control over. I mostly just don't do the things so it does not get my support but like I still have to use grocery stores and heck some things with supply chains and quality of produce effects them all because its societal.

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chicken lemmy.dbzer0.com chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-30
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people love to just complain instead of stepping up to make a positive change to the world

More like they know how to, the latter is much trickier

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hankskyjames777 thebrainbin.org hankskyjames777@thebrainbin.org
Joined: 2024-06-05
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Should have bought it to !wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca since that community wasnt yours but then that was locked

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I Cast Fist programming.dev ICastFist@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-22
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people love to just complain instead of stepping up to make a positive change to the world

We can only convince so many people to ditch corporate social media. Convincing them to ditch their gmail is even harder. Convincing them that their amazon plus isn't really worth it is a big fight that I've yet to win once

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baggachipz sh.itjust.works baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-19
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/c/disenshittify@lemmy.cafe

Looks dormant though.

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andioop programming.dev andioop@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-07-19
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/c/disenshittify@lemmy.cafe Looks dormant though.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Just posted in both communities about what to do since both exist

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bruh nord.pub bruh@nord.pub
Joined: 2026-08-13
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We can only convince so many people to ditch corporate social media. Convincing them to ditch their gmail is even harder. Convincing them that their amazon plus isn't really worth it is a big fight that I've yet to win once

the sad truth is that even the people who are tech literate doesn't want to ditch those services let alone people who doesn't have any idea about these tech.

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