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by SleepilyLimping 787 days ago
I mean, it's the only meaningful way of punishing the company/site. It becomes unusable, people don't contribute anything further because it stops being a hub/valuable site, and eventually their costs outweigh their benefits. That last bit is probably a pipe dream, but saying "Oh well, might as well still enrich them with my knowledge/contributions" doesn't seem like an alternative.