That is why I said ‘a role’ and not major role. Ofcourse the referrent person should use her own brain and is responsible for her own actions, but others can also play an indirect role.
I agree with you that an OP is to blamed for misrepresenting situations, but there are always people who fill in the blanks and add their own interpretation and detials as if they were present aswell.
And someone like nadz will use that information and be more firm of herself, and even start believing in it.