Recent research has shown that people who gossip or discuss others a lot (even if its positive) are less popular and seen as weaker than those who don't....
http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2011/08/prolific-gossipers-are-disliked-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BpsResearchDigest+%28BPS+Research+Digest%29
Any thoughts on why this might be?
