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Gossip

As explained in Collaborative Software Design: How to facilitate domain modeling decisions

Gossip is informal discussion about a group decision that can indirectly express a person's opinion or resistance.

Gossip is informal discussion about a group decision that can indirectly express an opinion, resistance, or a search for support. section 8.1.1 section 8.1.3

Gossip can help reveal how people really feel when they do not express disagreement directly, while also reinforcing sides through confirmation bias. section 8.1.1 section 8.1.3

Discussing a decision indirectly

After a decision is made, a person talks with colleagues about why it is wrong and looks for people who agree. The conversation may reveal resistance that remains hidden in the formal discussion. section 8.1.1 section 8.1.3

How Collaborative Software Design: How to facilitate domain modeling decisions covers it

How deep it goes
Explains gossip’s social role and connection to resistance, but stops short of prescribing a response technique.
Examples
Uses seeking agreement, recruiting others to a side, and discussing a made decision as concrete examples.
What you can do after
Diagnose hidden opinions and resistance by treating gossip about decisions as a signal for further attention.
How it connects
Connects gossip with conflict resolution, confirmation bias, resistance, communication breakdown, and group polarization.
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