slopification arc

A slopification arc is the observable decline in quality that happens to a creator, brand, or platform over time — the narrative you can trace looking backwards at their output as standards quietly collapsed. It usually starts with one slightly lazy post, one 'generated content' shortcut, one 'good enough' decision — and then snowballs into a full-scale quality crisis. The slopification arc is most devastating when it's applied to something that used to be genuinely great. Fans and critics alike document these arcs with a mix of grief and schadenfreude. Nobody announces they're starting theirs.