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IDK about the rest, but I don’t find it threatening specifically because your first assumption was false.

I don’t shit-talk people, so in your scenario, everyone just gets text about how I talk them up to others?

Is that the kind of discussion you wanted?

On a more serious note, if your scenario actually occurred, I think most people would just shrug an move on. If it happened to just one person, they might be ostracized… But if it’s everyone, people are more likely to just forgive and forget because everyone had their “private” thoughts exposed.

Sure, some relationships might be irreparably destroyed… But others might be stronger than ever. Those kinds of life-shattering social dramas happen all the time. But at the end of the day… Everyone still needs to go to work so they can eat and have a home, and companies will still need employees to get shit done.

I don’t think it would be too different just because it happened to everyone at the same time.

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rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yr probably right. Society would go on as usual because the bottom line is, ultimately, unaffected.

But, squishy moods on a mass scale constitute the weather of politics and commerce. From that angle, big things might happen.

Consider the general stress of a population : X. When x goes up we vote and shop thusly. That’s a known thing.

And x would definitely go up here.So such a hackyvirus could be a tool in shifting a close election.

So that’s one thing to think about.

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- irmoz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  That’s not what they said or implied, and nor is what follows a reasonable conclusion
  
  I’m convinced you’re just a sophist who loves the act of arguing itself for its own sake, without any care for truth, only appearing insightful and logical
  
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  - rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You offer so many accusations. It’s hard to keep track.
    
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    irmoz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    No, I’ve pretty consistently called you a fart huffing egomaniac, or similar. But hey, I guess you just couldn’t resist yet another deflection.
    
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