It seems to depend a lot on the moderator/administrator of the various boards.
I have a tendency to share too much and also push certain people's buttons on just about every Forum I have been on since 2001 or so.
There are a lot of ways though the average poster can limit his or her exposure by not sharing too much personal information online. And being cautious about what they post about themselves.
I do like Forums with moderators who have some control of the people on them.
One of the worst I found was Findlaw in 2002 through about 2005 or so which had little or no control over names used, e-mail addresses given, etc. Anyone could go on there and just make up any handle they wanted to and change it and re-register with fake e-mail addresses and the like. A real wild wild West.
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