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


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


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.


"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."


Yeah but in this case it’s Facebook that is delusional.


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?


& feeling paranoia is a garantee of having mental disease?


No, but the phrase "gangstalk" refers to a specific kind of persecutory delusion.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_stalking


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.


> 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.


I'm not personally being persecuted or harassed by any companies.


It's definitely not a sign of mental health...


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