There was a reddit /r/unpopularopinion thread about 'looking through people's profiles for something to attack them with' recently, but I missed the boat by a f

There was a reddit /r/unpopularopinion thread about 'looking through people's profiles for something to attack them with' recently, but I missed the boat by a few hours, so this seems like a good place to ask folks who do this: Why do you look through other people's profiles? I just don't understand the appeal in the first place. I like Hacker News' 14 day newbie green text, but even if it didn't exist I have never cared enough about someone's posts to try and gather any kind of intel on them, or see if they are fresh accounts, or what have you. The only time I've used people's profile info here is to find contact info to send them something, usually on request. The whole <6 months thing just seems like old school SomethingAwful style behavior, where regdates operate on a punch-down style system.