Comments on: The value of gossip http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/11/the-value-of-gossip/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: D. C. DaCosta http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/11/the-value-of-gossip/comment-page-1/#comment-36896 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:43:07 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9495#comment-36896 This is exactly what I was going to say!

]]> By: Kevin A. Lewis http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/11/the-value-of-gossip/comment-page-1/#comment-36871 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:33:16 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9495#comment-36871 I’m sure Jane & Co. mostly just had munchies and talked about the weird replies the various agents get on their blog posts, (well, some of the posts are pretty random, too, so there) and that it was all quite mature and aboveboard; here now, what’s this on CNN?!!! “This is Anderson Cooper reporting from New York where two more agents have killed themselves after a relentless campaign of online interoffice gossip and bullying; we’ll be going live to Dr. Drew and Sanjay Gupta for their thoughts on this ongoing national crisis…” Wow, is that the DGLM office he’s standing outside of??? (I’ve really gotta stop going to Starbucks before I check into this site…)

]]> By: Lynn http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/11/the-value-of-gossip/comment-page-1/#comment-36863 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:14:11 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=9495#comment-36863 Jane, I think you’re talking about apples and oranges here. Talking about insider information and getting the lowdown on the industry, even if it’s hearsay, is quite different than gossiping about a colleague and their work ethic. The article you linked to was more along those lines and I don’t see the value in it. If there’s a problem because someone isn’t pulling their weight, then the issue needs to be addressed directly with that person and those in charge. It makes no sense to go behind their back and gossip in the name of “protecting their group”.

As the article sums up, “Gossip allows people to gather and validate information, to enjoy themselves with others, and to protect their group.” That’s nonsense! Yes, I’m sure they did enjoy themselves, but were they thinking about what it does to the person being gossiped about? No. I say, confront the person directly.

Sorry, Jane, but your luncheon with your colleagues and catching up on the ins and outs of the industry doesn’t seem the same as talking behind someone’s back. That said, I wasn’t a fly on the wall, so I don’t know if there was actual gossip going on!

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