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by michaelteter 1182 days ago
I pasted your question verbatim into ChatGPT-4.

" The concept you may be thinking of is the "chilling effect." It refers to the phenomenon where individuals are less likely to engage in certain behaviors, such as expressing themselves or accessing certain information, due to the fear of surveillance or other forms of monitoring. The term "chilling effect" is often used in the context of government surveillance or censorship, but it can also apply to other types of monitoring and control, such as corporate surveillance or online harassment. The reference to the iceberg in the infographic may have been used to illustrate the idea that only a small portion of the chilling effect is visible on the surface, while the majority of its impact remains hidden beneath the surface. "

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Behold, the future of "RTFM," "Let me google that for you," and "your question is already answered on stack overflow."
Well I'm actually looking for the website which was very visual and well designed to illustrate consequences of this concept...
How ungrateful. That was not your original question.
Feels like this getting close to the XY problem:

https://xyproblem.info/

Thanks for sharing this. I have experienced this many times in my career, but I didn’t realize it had a name.
Perhaps OP has been ChatGPTing too much and was expecting an apologetic response: “I’m sorry that my answer didn’t meet your expectations. More information about chilling effect can be found at…”