Re: Why do we have posts like how common is? W T F!!
Even if the scenario you described were to happen and the identity of a poster was discovered, how would the hacker go about finding out exactly which friend the poster referenced in a post? After all, most people only describe the friends they mention in their examples as “my friend,” without any specifics. Overall, the scenario doesn’t sound terribly likely.
By the way, do you feel the same way about posters who often post about how much they dislike their mother-in-law or sister-in-law and about how their in-laws make their life miserable? Does that not count as talking about others? Isn’t giving a one-sided account of how one is the dutiful, devoted daughter-in-law who is constantly tortured by her evil mother-in-law on that same level? Especially, given that the mother-in-law is not here to give her account? I’m sure you’ve noticed that those types of posts always get loads of responses as well.
I am not making fun of these posts or claiming that there is anything wrong with them but, technically, such posts also fall under the category of “talking about others.”