When it became obvious that the primary consumer of bandwidth was corporate web scrapers powering generative models, I started being more selective about what personal projects (/+updates) I made public. Ultimately I have no interest in doing subsidized work in the service of for-profit enterprises; and while there was always an undercurrent, lately the dynamics of the foss ecosystem have radically shifted towards that end. Thinking back to the days when IRC was the main way I shared code.