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Targeted ads can basically gangstalk you and it's psychologically uncomfortable

by GeoHubToday 2y ago

mgraczyk 2y ago
And you are using the term "gangstalk", which refers to a specific symptom of mental illness, ironically?
- luqtas 2y ago
  & feeling paranoia is a garantee of having mental disease?
  - mgraczyk 2y ago
    No, but the phrase "gangstalk" refers to a specific kind of persecutory delusion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_stalking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_stalking
    - bqmjjx0kac 2y ago
      In the words of Kurt Cobain, "Just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not after you." But I take your point. Using clinical terms in another context creates an unnecessary/unwanted association for readers.
    - ndriscoll 2y ago
      > Gang stalking or group-stalking is a set of persecutory beliefs in which those affected believe they are being followed, stalked, and harassed by a large number of people. That is literally true though. Have you ever read one of those cookie banners to see the list of organizations stalking you at all times on the web? It's often in the high hundreds. Nearly every electronic device manufactured in the last 10 years is stalking you at all times. If you don't have an active ad blocker, they also harass you constantly in a personalized way using the information they gather by stalking you.
      - mgraczyk 2y ago
        I'm not personally being persecuted or harassed by any companies.
  - dcgudeman 2y ago
    It's definitely not a sign of mental health...
  - s17n 2y ago
    more or less
- GeoHubToday 2y ago
  No, I mean the action of gangstalking If a bunch of people analyze your psychology and then coordinate to use what they find to scare you, that's gangstalking When an AI does it.... it's expected advertising behavior? I don't like that double standard. Gangstalking is gangstalking.
  - s17n 2y ago
    "A study from Australia and the United Kingdom by Lorraine Sheridan and David James[13] compared 128 self-defined victims of 'gang stalking' with a randomly selected group of 128 self-declared victims of stalking by an individual. All 128 'victims' of gang stalking were judged to be delusional, compared with only 5 victims of individual stalking."
    - actionfromafar 2y ago
      Yeah but in this case it’s Facebook that is delusional.
    - GeoHubToday 2y ago
      Ah, you want to cite hair-splitting Okay Give me your identity Email, phone number, address, family members, etc. I can show you how gangstalking works with that information Is that something you'd be willing to share here?

Targeted ads can basically gangstalk you and it's psychologically uncomfortable

mgraczyk 2y ago

And you are using the term "gangstalk", which refers to a specific symptom of mental illness, ironically?

luqtas 2y ago
& feeling paranoia is a garantee of having mental disease?
- mgraczyk 2y ago
  No, but the phrase "gangstalk" refers to a specific kind of persecutory delusion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_stalking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_stalking
  - bqmjjx0kac 2y ago
    In the words of Kurt Cobain, "Just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not after you." But I take your point. Using clinical terms in another context creates an unnecessary/unwanted association for readers.
  - ndriscoll 2y ago
    > Gang stalking or group-stalking is a set of persecutory beliefs in which those affected believe they are being followed, stalked, and harassed by a large number of people. That is literally true though. Have you ever read one of those cookie banners to see the list of organizations stalking you at all times on the web? It's often in the high hundreds. Nearly every electronic device manufactured in the last 10 years is stalking you at all times. If you don't have an active ad blocker, they also harass you constantly in a personalized way using the information they gather by stalking you.
    - mgraczyk 2y ago
      I'm not personally being persecuted or harassed by any companies.
- dcgudeman 2y ago
  It's definitely not a sign of mental health...
- s17n 2y ago
  more or less
GeoHubToday 2y ago
No, I mean the action of gangstalking If a bunch of people analyze your psychology and then coordinate to use what they find to scare you, that's gangstalking When an AI does it.... it's expected advertising behavior? I don't like that double standard. Gangstalking is gangstalking.
- s17n 2y ago
  "A study from Australia and the United Kingdom by Lorraine Sheridan and David James[13] compared 128 self-defined victims of 'gang stalking' with a randomly selected group of 128 self-declared victims of stalking by an individual. All 128 'victims' of gang stalking were judged to be delusional, compared with only 5 victims of individual stalking."
  - actionfromafar 2y ago
    Yeah but in this case it’s Facebook that is delusional.
  - GeoHubToday 2y ago
    Ah, you want to cite hair-splitting Okay Give me your identity Email, phone number, address, family members, etc. I can show you how gangstalking works with that information Is that something you'd be willing to share here?