What is your opinion on gossips?

Do you feel like it is an invasion of privacy and that you wouldn’t like it if other people talked about your private matters, so you try to stay away from it as much as possible?

Or do you think it is a good source of information on how people act and what certain people likes and dislikes?

Or do you see it as beneath you, viewing gossipers as stupid heathens, wasting time on trivial matters instead of discussing the fascinating effects of gravity on space-time?