i can just jot down things in my journal never having to worry about an aesthetic pinterest photo. i can plan things that are quite embarassing without having to tell anyone. nobody knows my deepest childhood trauma as a result of an oversharing session. no more performing even in private. i have secrets that i am taking to the grave and i’m not tormented about them because nobody will know ever. my biggest grief as a zoomer is that we were misled to think that we need to tell everyone everything or we’re not real or being vulnerable enough but there is joy in privacy and nobody knowing. it doesnt strain our relationships with others to be private. how many times have you been personally hurt because somebody who is NOT that close to you responded badly to a vent? when you actually have some privacy, you allow other connections to be low stakes and others to be deep. if you post everything on tiktok what secrets will you leave only for your closest friends and family?

  • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
    12·
    2 months ago

    the CEO of the company i’m at is planning to force everyone to run an AI monitoring agent that will record every single thing done on a work computer and at what time and make it all searchable for him forever. many of us have protested this idea and his response is that every other company on earth is monitoring every single thing you do every single day, so what difference does it make?

    i tried to talk to him from many angles of what this does to trust in the company, trust in him as a leader, how it stifles conversation and creativity, but it all landed on deaf ears.

    the only hope we have is that the company who makes this god-awful product is rumored to be about to go out of business so we’re holding our breath to see if they go under

    • amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml
      10·
      2 months ago

      Sounds like he needs mental health intervention. If it were an institutional push, I’d say it has to do with selling data, but if it’s an individual pushing for it, it sounds like paranoia.

  • pronounced ɱɐɢ @lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    2 months ago

    I think I really really want to overshare to a problematic degree, but not getting any attention in primary school taught me that I was never going to be accepted by most people. And now, I think that the closest I’ve ever come to being truly honest, without putting on a mask, or playing some character, is here. Recent experience taught me that people are obsessed with “drama” to an unhealthy degree (probably sensationalism, the keeping up with the kardashians type, if you know what I mean), and will not get off your back for the 15 minutes they care about the fact you went out with someone they don’t even know exists. I think it was probably worse for them, than me, given it was basically only 15 minutes of fame.

    SORRY, VENTING AGAIN.

    • Catfish [she/her]@lemmygrad.ml
      7·
      2 months ago

      I mean it almost certainly is but as long as you’re not doing anything serious on it or talking about anything serious around it you’re safe. Just need to lock in.