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Why limit it to printed pages though?
Counting digital content I'm probably 500 pages a day, easy.
I think the thought is that a lot of internet stuff is more negative value than positive.
Actual substantial articles are perfectly reasonable. But is skimming through hundreds of short lemmy comments meeting your goals?
Ultimately, what counts and how you measure are up to you. They're to service what you want to do. I certainly wouldn't agree with his aversion to e-readers, for example. So use your own judgement to determine what you value.
Personally, I do track books read, but only on the first read. I don't distinguish audio vs physical/ebook, and I don't track re-reads. I do give goodreads a goal so it will display the number it tracks for the year, but I deliberately make it absurdly high or low so it doesn't actually feel like I'm "succeeding"/"failing" if I do/don't reach it. It's just for my own curiosity, because ultimately, reading is because I want to. I do try to strengthen the habit, but for me, chasing numbers isn't the point. I don't want to be scared to read Wind and Truth because it's 1500 pages and it will throw me off my pace. I don't want to be scared to read 30 Miss Fortunes in a row because it feels like cheating. I read because I like reading, and the numbers are just there.