Why do people stalk people through threads?

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Op says ‘my washing machine is broken aibu to take laundry next door?’

Then someone will reply ‘oh, in your other thread you said you would never go next door again’. Then someone else will say ‘oh yes, you’re the one with the bossy sister’ etc. Why do people do this?

Happened to me once, I "disagreed" with someone on a thread and then they stalked me on every other thread pointing out any inconsistencies or arguing with me. That plus the daily mail trawling means, I NC for any thread I start. I don't usual like to harp back to the good ol'days but it is a shame it's much more 'challenging' these days

Because sometimes there's something so conflicting on one thread to what's been written on another that to ignore it would be daft.

I NC a lot because of an unfortunate family background. I don’t stalk nor have I been stalked, however once to my amusement another poster told me they would hate me in real life, only for her to love me on another thread with another NC. In fairness to her I’m completely marmite so she might have been right the first time.

Very occasionally I will look at someone's posting history, but it will be in response to reading their thread and getting deja-vu, or thinking that there's something a bit over the top about the scenario.

I didn't know anyone did that and, frankly, do not know why they would. Too much time on their hands.

Because shockingly but true, some people lie and depending on the type of thread, it's sometimes useful to do an advanced search, especially if you have a vague memory of a previous post.

I rarely do it, last time was probably a couple of months ago but it has proved quite enlightening on a few occasions.

As I said above I did it to call out someone who was holding themselves out as a medically qualified person and offering advice when they had stated on another thread that they were just about to start training. It was bloody irresponsible and potentially dangerous. Most medics on here are very reluctant to give specific advice with good reason.