Fascination with poster IDs12 Mar 2024 18:03
I know these boards are rife with charlatans, ne'er-do-wells and corruptors , amongst the savvy , intelligent, informed and humorous posters.
But I do wonder why it's so important to "call out" suspicions about anonymous posts if they're doing no harm and may even be adding to the discussion.
It smacks a little of the paranoic fervour around the Salem Witchhunts/McCarthyism.
If someone is becoming such an irritant (like XYZ) then he will be banned (I'm guessing)..
But, for example, there were other accusations about another user, FastFood.. but when I settled down (after being thrown by some of the comments) and looked at his posting history, I must say that I didn't see anything but reasonable comments on Ciz.
Unless there's some obvious major serial ramping/slighting etc going on here, is there any merit in second guessing anonymous posters and their possible motives?