Comment by SoftTalker
3 hours ago
If they aren't gossiping about you to AI they are gossiping about you to other real people. Some people just have no sense of respecting other people's confidences and privacy. I figured that out when I was about 8 years old and have really never opened up to anyone since then.
There is a stark difference between gossiping to individuals vs to a multi billion dollar company whose business is to sell ads targeting you.
Or selling that data to your insurance company or ICE.
I mean, I don't really care about ads because I block them all anyway. But yes, at best they won't be using it to my benefit.
The multi billion dollar company selling ads is of far less concern to me than the gossiping of people in my community
Gossip is a hugely important part of how a community constitutes itself. Without gossip, you don't even have a community. Of course, it can go in malicious and destructive directions as well
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