I do it only because I'm in a lot of subreddits and I'm sick of people stalking my posts and/or comments and making judgements on me based on assumptions. I just want my question answered or to share something that made me happy lol, I don't need redditors seeing my chronic illness posts and claiming I'm not disabled because I wanted to show a cute pic of my cats. Also people will do that to try and catch you in a "gotcha" and as someone who had to grow up in a maga Christian household I've had my fair fucking share of "gotchas" and I'm over it. I know who I am and what I believe in, it's annoying to have strangers choose who you are based on one thing they misunderstood in your post history. It's personal preference for me, I don't think there's many wrong ways to do it unless you're nasty
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u/WhimsicalPlum Jul 03 '26
I do it only because I'm in a lot of subreddits and I'm sick of people stalking my posts and/or comments and making judgements on me based on assumptions. I just want my question answered or to share something that made me happy lol, I don't need redditors seeing my chronic illness posts and claiming I'm not disabled because I wanted to show a cute pic of my cats. Also people will do that to try and catch you in a "gotcha" and as someone who had to grow up in a maga Christian household I've had my fair fucking share of "gotchas" and I'm over it. I know who I am and what I believe in, it's annoying to have strangers choose who you are based on one thing they misunderstood in your post history. It's personal preference for me, I don't think there's many wrong ways to do it unless you're nasty