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by ponker 2051 days ago
uh no, please don't do that. Individual decisions that seem harmless can be incredibly destructive in the aggregate, and this is one of them.
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For those that need an example, a great reminder is the target data mining story at https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ...
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I am curious what negative trends you believe will emerge from someone actioning this data.
Would you mind elaborating on the sorts of harms you're thinking of?