[hurrdurr2]

The irony of this story being posted to HN, where the majority of users are in professions likely contributing to the worsening of internet and social media addiction.

Read the comments and it's a bunch of folks making fun of the author for "opting in". What a surprise there.

[cortesoft]

I don’t think it is irony to want to reexamine the work your industry has done with a critical eye.

Learning from your mistakes is not irony.

[hurrdurr2]

I could post the definition of irony here but I'll likely get down-voted to hell and back for "snark" or some such, but I'm pretty sure this situation being ironic and/or as a way to "learn from your mistakes" is not mutually exclusive.

[cortesoft]

I guess it depends on where you find the irony... I think I have a pretty good understanding of what irony is, so maybe you can just explain where you see it in the situation you describe?

[hurrdurr2]

I'm pretty sure my first comment describes where I find the irony.