Gossiping is not a bad thing but a good thing

- Gossip is not just a hoax, but an exchange of information

- Gossiping makes a social relationship closer

Gossip is generally looked down upon in society and is considered a negative thing. But a study at Dartmouth College found that gossiping was a good thing. Gossiping increases social contacts and learns a lot about the world from other people's experience.

Gossip does not mean just gossiping about others and spreading false rumors. But talking to others all of a sudden while working or exchanging information in an online zoom meeting is also considered gossip.

According to previous research, about 15 percent of everyday conversations between people contain gossip and are conducted in a neutral manner.

Gossip is a complex type of conversation, said Ishin Jolie, a researcher at the Computational Social Effective Neuroscience Laboratory at Dartmouth College. Which is often misunderstood. Luke Chang and Jolie, directors of the lab, were curious as to why people spend so much of their personal and professional time talking about themselves and others. They wanted to understand why people gossip and what it means.

He created an online game to examine the role of gossip and to understand how it is expressed as information. Each person in a group of six was to play ten rounds of the game and was awarded ખેલા 10 for each round. He can keep this amount with him if he wants or invest it in a group fund. Where it was one and a half times it was distributed equally among the players.

"It was a real-life arrangement in which if you live in a community you are affected by someone's actions but you have never met or observed it," Jolie said. In some games players were allowed to speak in private in groups. So that they can talk to others about the behavior of other players.

According to the information available in the game, various types of gossip were generated. Throughout the game the players would automatically talk about the other player while the other players did not know. But if all the players were present they would have preferred to talk on different issues.

"We build relationships by gossiping and exchanging information with others," said Chang, an assistant professor of brain science and researcher. In which trust and social relations are woven. Which makes more communication possible. The researchers explained that gossip should stop being considered meaningless gossip. By the way, did you gossip with your neighbor today or not?