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User criticizes WordPress enshittification and AI integration in feedback email

A user shared their experience of being asked by their former web host to provide feedback on why they closed their account. The user was surprised by the request for a personal email instead of a survey and decided to provide detailed feedback. Their email expressed strong dissatisfaction with the "enshittification" of WordPress, its plugins, the Gutenberg editor, and the integration of AI. AI

IMPACT User expresses significant concern over the impact of AI integration on the user experience of WordPress.

RANK_REASON User opinion piece about software and AI integration.

Read on Mastodon — fosstodon.org →

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User criticizes WordPress enshittification and AI integration in feedback email

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User opinion piece about software and AI integration.
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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    My former # webhost asked me to # email them about why I had closed out my account. I was surprised. They wanted to actually “hear” what I had to say? They didn

    My former # webhost asked me to # email them about why I had closed out my account. I was surprised. They wanted to actually “hear” what I had to say? They didn't just want some # survey ? I decided that I would take them up on it. What follows is an email where I go off on the c…