Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Why are content creators on X asking for what state you are living in? Isn't that data harvesting or something? I find it suspicious when they do something like that, as if they're working for the three letter agencies?
Examples:
MJTruthUltra
Chuck Callesto
Catturd2
Additionally, I hate those "What do you notice?" and "If you can bring (X) back, who will it be?" tweets. I understand that they're trying to have healthy discussions to lighten the mood, but again, it feels like they're data harvesting for AI or something like that. If they get enough information from you, they can hack into your account.
This is why you NEVER give the correct answer to these security questions like:
"Where did your parents meet?"
and if your real, correct answer to the question is something like "Main Street, USA", you should put down, "Hicksville" instead.
Due to social engineering, people can ask you, "Hey, how did your parents meet? and where?" and you say, "Main Street, USA and they met at the [name of bar]."
Then they take that info and try to change your password. They will most definitely get hit with the "Where did your parents meet?" security question and they will put down, "Main Street, USA" then the system will tell them that's the wrong answer.
After a couple tries, they will give up, realizing it's the wrong info or they're not putting it correctly. The system probably will lock your account then asks you to reset it the next time you login.
So with the tweets asking for what state I'm voting from, I live in etc, I simply say:
"AMERICA!"
Engagement farming.