[kmbfjr]

I used to publish some of my edge use case and home lab networking experiments. I had about 150 pages on L3 switches, Wireguard, IoT connectivity.

No ads, no SEO, just sharing information. By the beginning of the year, my only requests were bots. The only referrals were from someone on Reddit linking to a page.

I took it down. Google extracted the value of my work, they are doing the same to everyone else.

[Pet_Ant]

Sorry, why was someone linking from Reddit not a valid reason for keeping it up? You already made it, why lose it? Hosting fees?

[foobrand]

Isn’t that obvious? They are a misanthrope. People forget corporations act on behalf of their consumers (and democratic governments on behalf of their people). It’s not something to moan and whine about, but seems like HN is a haven for that attitude.

[refulgentis]

Fascinating, I missed a lot of that in the comments before you, but when you say They are thinking the Bad Thing for a bizarrely specific ideological reason...the straightforwardness of your reasoning gives me ability to shut my brain off. And that makes me feel very comfortable, and finally, if it feels good, it's true

[taskforcegemini]

this was sarcasm I'm hoping?