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indigo945today at 9:01 AM3 repliesview on HN

People are already not using libraries because they'd rather rot their brains on TikTok than read a book. (Also, for information lookup, the internet and search engines exist, and have for a while now.) This has no actual causal relation.


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snaking0776today at 11:07 AM

People is a broad term. Outside of major cities (where I live) libraries serve a very essential service for parents and their children and as a free communal space for the broader community. Our libraries are always full and a large part of the health of our area.

Aurornistoday at 1:35 PM

> People are already not using libraries because they'd rather rot their brains on TikTok than read a book

I rotate through the libraries near me with my kids.

They are every bit as busy now as I remember them being when I was a kid.

breezybottomtoday at 12:20 PM

Weird that my local library is always full.