Very Important Words the Tech Industry Ruined:- Friend- Like- Engagement - Smart- Connect- Contact- Intelligence- Search- Insights- Data- Chat- Mention- Reaction- Stories- Tweet- Viral

[mikal@sfba.social]

@cyberlyra

"Friend" always annoyed me. But when you put a list like this together and lay it all out, it's… depressing AF.

[elithebearded@fed.qaz.red]

@cyberlyra

Meta
Alphabet
Amazon

[stevecooley@mastodon.social]

@cyberlyra *so far*

[catwoman69y2k@meow.social]

@cyberlyra Add "Server" to that list. Im looking at you, Discord.

[fl_e@mastodon.social]

@cyberlyra
Help
Enable
Integrate
Cloud
…

[jens@social.finkhaeuser.de]

@cyberlyra Only if you let them

[codinghorror@infosec.exchange]

@cyberlyra webinar needed some ruining right quick tho

[gert@social.coop]

@cyberlyra How about "Social" ?

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@cyberlyra trust
Loyalty

[dacig@mastodon.social]

@cyberlyra They've been enshitified.

[lmk@infosec.exchange]

@cyberlyra Brilliant and so obvious in hindsight. Hope this is helpful.
Did I get them all (including replies)?
Friend; Like; Engagement; Smart; Connect; Contact; Intelligence; Search; Insights; Data; Chat; Mention; Reaction; Stories; Tweet; Viral; Community; Trust; Loyalty; Social; Webinar; Help; Enable; Integrate; Cloud; Server; Meta; Alphabet; Amazon
Also perhaps: Follow; Profile; Preferences; Feed; Stream; Tag; Post; Content; Platform; and App for appetizers.

[mbridegam@federate.social]

@lmk @cyberlyra

Learn, Reach, Unlock, Invite, Swipe, Push, Notify, Dashboard, Manage, Control.

[rhelune@todon.eu]

@cyberlyra Companion

[energisch_@troet.cafe]

@ainmosni @cyberlyra & social

[evanwolf@mastodon.social]

@Catwoman69y2k @cyberlyra server - client architecture better than previous master - slave.

[moskitokoenig@dizl.de]

@cyberlyra Reach - the poison for contemporary journalism that slowly errodes and undermines democracy by giving „alternate facts“, sensationalism and ragebait weight.

[thelancashireman@hostux.social]

@lmk @cyberlyra

Experience is another

[ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu]

@codinghorror @cyberlyra What my theory presupposes is that webinar was ruined from its very inception.

[znull@hachyderm.io]

@cyberlyra Funny how many of these are specific to social media, not tech per se. And the rest mostly fall under advertising or business analytics. Not that I'm trying to exonerate big tech or anything.

[jvs_nl@mastodon.social]

@cyberlyra shocking how those words have been turned into toxic exploitative metrics.

Please don't forget about the very damaging recent additions "thinking" and "reasoning", bend them enough and they'll make people lose touch with their understanding of minds irreparably.

An LLM can not "think" nor "reason". The only thing it does is "generate". Any form of rebranding of that simple fact is wishful marketing speak.