I use them to tag people that are regularly active and have good behaviour. I also tag some important people, like the owners of instances, software, etc.
My mom posted something similar to this, about not giving consent to Facebook to sell her data while using Facebook for free. Seems like her friends did this and recommended it to her as well.
I first realized that I loved it at the age of 11.
It's easy to get into but programming itself can be difficult or easy depending on what you are aiming to do and how. I love it both as a hobby and as a high school subject (hopefully as a job in the next few years as well)
That's not really my problem with GOG. It's the fact that they seem to be ignoring Linux. If they are that unwilling to make a Linux client, then I also don't want to use their platform.
I do like GOG. All of the games are free of DRM but they still don't have a fucking linux client. So I refuse to use them. At least Steam natively supports Linux and even improves the linux gaming experience for everyone.
Can't really defend CF. They are known to fuck with customers, break their promises and are not good for privacy.