What is gvfsd-metadata actually good for?

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What is gvfsd-metadata actually good for?

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I have noticed in the task manager system monitor that gvfsd-metadata writes hundreds of gigabytes per month, which is not good for an SSD in the long term.

I decided to kill the process and everything kept working just fine.

I couldn't find any useful information online on what it is actually good for. This AskUbuntu discussion suggests it is a "write serializer", but with no further elaboration.

Does anyone know what it is actually good for? What doesn't work without it?
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