Very interesting. It's good to see names given to behaviours like this. If you had to whittle it down to one trait, would you say the main trait of knowledge vampires is them pretending that the knowledge you gave them is their own, and then shutting you out afterwards?
I cannot tell you what an impact this has had. You hit the nail precisely on the head. Having been recently groomed in these very ways, you gave it a name and a context. Very grateful for your brilliant analysis.
Thank you, it is exactly as you say it is, my wife does this to people she meets, a few questions and she is able see what they can offer her, makes more time available to them, and when she has learnt what she wants, drops them in the dust. They are lost as to what have they done to lose a friendship, sad for them. She then moves on, a trail of upset people in her past, and at any stage she will contact them, out of the blue, befriend them again, get what she wants, then drop them again, repeatedly. She will also use tactics to gain info, things she needs, etc. No end to her deviousness.
How to spot and protect against Knowledge Vampires
Very interesting. It's good to see names given to behaviours like this. If you had to whittle it down to one trait, would you say the main trait of knowledge vampires is them pretending that the knowledge you gave them is their own, and then shutting you out afterwards?
I cannot tell you what an impact this has had. You hit the nail precisely on the head. Having been recently groomed in these very ways, you gave it a name and a context. Very grateful for your brilliant analysis.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free
Thank you, it is exactly as you say it is, my wife does this to people she meets, a few questions and she is able see what they can offer her, makes more time available to them, and when she has learnt what she wants, drops them in the dust. They are lost as to what have they done to lose a friendship, sad for them. She then moves on, a trail of upset people in her past, and at any stage she will contact them, out of the blue, befriend them again, get what she wants, then drop them again, repeatedly. She will also use tactics to gain info, things she needs, etc. No end to her deviousness.