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by throwaway194729 1927 days ago
Throwaway as I don’t want to admit I am one of these negative ones (soldier) with my main.

The negative reaction to this seems like ego. “I’m special, unique, and complex so you can’t profile me this way.”

The thing is, people aren’t. Social media companies have demonstrated that most people can be broken down into categories and targeted in very specific and effective ways.

And yes, as the article says, try as people might, if you work with me, you will never learn why I am that way.

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You are absolutely right. It has been shown again and again that people in general overestimates their own intelligence, skills, people skills etc. And (in general) that the more incompetent you are, the more you inflate your own believes of competency.