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I know it isn't a direct comparison, but could this be the modern, Internet-equivalent of "tragedy of the commons"?

Instead of degradation through overuse (as with real-world resources, but meaningless in the context of Internet resources), we have degradation without meaningful contribution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons




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