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Can we use "ensheetification" to describe this phenomeon? (sure I'm not the first to use this word)

GrowingSideways 9mo ago
What does it imply that the other term does not? Enshitification is the inevitable result of the tendency of profit to revert to zero. This is basic schumpeter (not to mention marx).
- 6510 9mo ago
  One is the result the other is the process.
  - GrowingSideways 9mo ago
    Ok, but what is the distinction between the two terms?
    - kridsdale1 9mo ago
      It happens because Data People look at Numbers on Sheets and justify business decisions based on what happens with the numbers. The alternative business decision making framework is the Jobs method: Do the thing that you know is good, because of your pure human sentiment.
    - nix0n 9mo ago
      Enshittification puts the focus on the users of the product as the product gets worse. Ensheetification puts the focus on what's happening within the business to cause this.
imagetic 9mo ago
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/offline-with-jon-favreau/id1610392666?i=1000745500800 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/offline-with-jon-favre...
fsflover 9mo ago
Yes, https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/
caminanteblanco 9mo ago
I think the other replies are missing your 'sheet' pun, from my knowledge and a quick search, I think you coined it
- calf 9mo ago
  For a second I thought it meant the novel sheets UI Steve Jobs showed off in the original Mac OS X.
- 6510 9mo ago
  I hate to quote an AI but I got this.... >Ensheetification is a newly coined, informal term, likely from Hacker News, describing the trend where web/app interfaces become dominated by large, card-like "sheets" or panels that slide up, covering content, similar to how apps like Google Maps, Instagram, and Apple's iOS use full-screen or partial-screen overlays, effectively "sheeting over" previous views to present new information or actions. I propose MSDS in stead, short for My Sheet Don't Stink.
  - gunapologist99 9mo ago
    Seriously reads like a hallucination https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=%22Ensheetification%22&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
sonofhans 9mo ago
Yeah, I love this :)
rwoerz 9mo ago
That description really excels
efilife 9mo ago
I hope this takes off

What does it imply that the other term does not? Enshitification is the inevitable result of the tendency of profit to revert to zero. This is basic schumpeter (not to mention marx).

6510 9mo ago
One is the result the other is the process.
- GrowingSideways 9mo ago
  Ok, but what is the distinction between the two terms?
  - kridsdale1 9mo ago
    It happens because Data People look at Numbers on Sheets and justify business decisions based on what happens with the numbers. The alternative business decision making framework is the Jobs method: Do the thing that you know is good, because of your pure human sentiment.
  - nix0n 9mo ago
    Enshittification puts the focus on the users of the product as the product gets worse. Ensheetification puts the focus on what's happening within the business to cause this.

imagetic 9mo ago

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/offline-with-jon-favreau/id1610392666?i=1000745500800 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/offline-with-jon-favre...

fsflover 9mo ago

Yes, https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/

caminanteblanco 9mo ago

I think the other replies are missing your 'sheet' pun, from my knowledge and a quick search, I think you coined it

calf 9mo ago
For a second I thought it meant the novel sheets UI Steve Jobs showed off in the original Mac OS X.
6510 9mo ago
I hate to quote an AI but I got this.... >Ensheetification is a newly coined, informal term, likely from Hacker News, describing the trend where web/app interfaces become dominated by large, card-like "sheets" or panels that slide up, covering content, similar to how apps like Google Maps, Instagram, and Apple's iOS use full-screen or partial-screen overlays, effectively "sheeting over" previous views to present new information or actions. I propose MSDS in stead, short for My Sheet Don't Stink.
- gunapologist99 9mo ago
  Seriously reads like a hallucination https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=%22Ensheetification%22&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

sonofhans 9mo ago

Yeah, I love this :)

rwoerz 9mo ago

That description really excels

efilife 9mo ago

I hope this takes off