also Data-blight
The systemic propagation and entrenchment of inaccurate or corrupted personal data across interconnected digital or bureaucratic ecosystems, resulting in material, social, or psychological harm to the affected individual.
In essence, data blight describes how a falsehood, once digitized and networked, acquires bureaucratic immortality. It exposes the fragility of “truth” in algorithmic governance, where records outrank lived reality.
This phenomenon occurs when erroneous information originating in one data source is automatically replicated, shared, or revalidated by other institutions—often through automated data exchange, identity verification, or algorithmic matching—creating a self-reinforcing web of falsehoods. Like biological blight, it spreads through interdependence, exploiting weak governance, poor data hygiene, and the absence of effective correction mechanisms.
Example: An error in one government database—such as misrecording a single person as a married cohabitant—can cascade through banking, taxation, and utilities systems, effectively rewriting the individual’s administrative identity and generating real-world consequences including denial of services, legal misclassification, or reputational harm.
The systemic propagation and entrenchment of inaccurate or corrupted personal data across interconnected digital or bureaucratic ecosystems, resulting in material, social, or psychological harm to the affected individual.
In essence, data blight describes how a falsehood, once digitized and networked, acquires bureaucratic immortality. It exposes the fragility of “truth” in algorithmic governance, where records outrank lived reality.
This phenomenon occurs when erroneous information originating in one data source is automatically replicated, shared, or revalidated by other institutions—often through automated data exchange, identity verification, or algorithmic matching—creating a self-reinforcing web of falsehoods. Like biological blight, it spreads through interdependence, exploiting weak governance, poor data hygiene, and the absence of effective correction mechanisms.
Example: An error in one government database—such as misrecording a single person as a married cohabitant—can cascade through banking, taxation, and utilities systems, effectively rewriting the individual’s administrative identity and generating real-world consequences including denial of services, legal misclassification, or reputational harm.
That error in the Electoral Register has come up again. I'm data blighted and my bank has frozen my accounts.
by APedant October 28, 2025
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Hym "And look what's happening now. There is this huge AI data center backlash. You don't care because you're a fucking solipsist and those people aren't even real to you. If inventing the AI you're stealing isn't enough that I don't know what would be. How many problems would you have not had if you had listened to me since I've been here? All of you. How many problems would you NOT have? I mean you managed not to go out and stab a senator but really that is the bare minimum of not listening when you shouldn't. But NOT LISTENING WHEN YOU SHOULD is what's happening here and the data center backlash is evidence of that. You CLEARLY cannot tell the difference. You used your own dumb brain INSTEAD OF THE AI CREATING GENIUS BRAIN YOU ARE STEALING and look what happened! We can all just choke on some fucking methane I guess. We can all just fucking DIE! THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN!"
by Hym Iam November 11, 2025
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Hym Iam "Pffft! Hahahahaha! You don't even know how it works! Fucking stupid. You just casually stole a Hellraiser cube and now you're like 'Oh shit!, I don't know what's going on!' Bwahahahaha.... *Sighs deeply* I will explain everything when you do the thing I said. Pfft! Data Leak! Hahahahaha!
by Hym Iam January 11, 2026
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Commonly found at UWaterloo.
Commonly found at UWaterloo.
Kevin: "Emily just texted me for the first time all semester... asking for my notes."
Raj: "Did she even say hi?"
Kevin: "Nope. Straight to business. Classic data miner."
Raj: "Did she even say hi?"
Kevin: "Nope. Straight to business. Classic data miner."
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Person 1: Man I got rejected from college.
Person 2: Well its statistically likely of people of your background to be rejected.
Person 1: Dude you're such a data male.
Person 2: Well its statistically likely of people of your background to be rejected.
Person 1: Dude you're such a data male.
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Data and AI services refer to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics to process, analyze, and utilize data
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