Perhaps I should know who you are, but assuming you are a regular HN forum user - you are still very much a participant in a larger information economy / ecosystem.
All of us depend on that system, that commons.
Visits to Wikipedia have dropped by at least 8% since 2025, other estimates are starker. This will have an impact on donations.
These reports are similar for many sites which write or produce content.
Your individual behavior may be perfectly fine, and you are entitled to your perspective, but that doesn’t become a defense for the degradations of the commons.
If anything, it’s a classic example of the kind of argument that ends up entangling ideas and making conclusions harder to reach.
> people read things… their life is better
> it’s just my own
What was the point of writing this though?
Perhaps I should know who you are, but assuming you are a regular HN forum user - you are still very much a participant in a larger information economy / ecosystem.
All of us depend on that system, that commons.
Visits to Wikipedia have dropped by at least 8% since 2025, other estimates are starker. This will have an impact on donations.
These reports are similar for many sites which write or produce content.
Your individual behavior may be perfectly fine, and you are entitled to your perspective, but that doesn’t become a defense for the degradations of the commons.
If anything, it’s a classic example of the kind of argument that ends up entangling ideas and making conclusions harder to reach.