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Netizen

Derek Sivers · 3 May 2026 · sive.rs ↗

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  1. Our reading

    Contributing to the internet without monetizing it is still the right way to be online, even after the surrounding culture stopped doing it.

    Their wordsLike picking up trash where you walk, even if the rest of the world is full of litter. You keep doing what you can to make things better.

  2. Our reading

    Not monetizing what you put online now reads as strange behaviour that has to be explained.

    Their wordsSlowly the culture around me changed, so now it seems I need to explain my strange behavior — why I don't monetize everything like everyone else.