I agree. The way people evaluate the importance of other people's information is so damn skewed. It's a social problem and it has nothing to do with just privacy.

> Does it really affect my life? What benefit do I gain from knowing these things?

For instance, what harm is there otherwise? In fact if you come to think of it, a main reason why you would want to disconnect is the prevalence of people ready to take you for granted. This cannot be avoided entirely but we can atleast make sure things like Girls Around Me don't thrive.