I don't bother with the feature, because I only log in when I want to respond to a thread.
There is a certain mindset of some people, who just like to argue, even if they do not believe in what they are arguing about.
On another forum I strongly disagreed with somebodys assertions, as I had the tools and data to prove him incorrect. But he never backed down and quoted parts of my individual sentences to misrepresent what i typed, just to try and make me look like an Idjit.
A few months passed and then I see him giving advice using practically my own words which was in complete contradiction with what he was espousing in the thread of a few months prior.
I decided to just leave that forum and let the poor people there deal with his advice.
I have misanthropic tendencies and some people just fire them up further, and negative thoughts do me no good, So I avoid.
I don't understand what some people find so amusing about irritating other people, What type of personality disorder it would fall under. Nothing to be done except ignore these types and avoid them if at all possible in day to day living.
One of the reasons I moved from NJ is the vast numbers of people who enjoy being antagonistic, just because they find it amusing.