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Ahead of IPO, Reddit blends advertising into user posts as FTC starts asking questions about that mega-deal with Google to train AI (www.theregister.com)

submitted 8 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/technology

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[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think enshittification can be a gerund too, like building.

"Reddit is an enshittification."

[–] pineapplepizza@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My understanding is Reddit is further enshitifying would be a gerund?

But I may be ignorant on the full use of the term.

[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

If I understand correctly, a gerund is the noun form of a verb- a verb turned into a noun. "A building is building" the first building is a noun, it is the thing being built. The second is a verb, the act of being built. Google tells me gerunds are supposed to end in -ing, but "reddit is an enshittifying" doesn't quite sound right, so I used an adjective form. It's very possible I don't understand correctly.