Nowadays I hesitate a lot to click links because I get retargeted or watched. For example, I open LinkedIn profiles in incognito mode to avoid notifications even though I get less information. Is it just me or common behaviour?
The HN community definitely cares more about privacy and security than 99% of 'regular' users so what you describe has a good chance of being common behavior here!<p>I personally can't be arsed to protect myself, but that's just me- I'm kinda fatalistic and assume that everybody knows everything about me already.<p>But you'll definitely find a lot of others who are mindful of privacy here.
for some sites I feel that you get more content using incognito. Like in YouTube, by searching logged into my account it returns videos more related to previously seen videos -- which hide more relevant videos.