Dynastia (welcome back bud) put it this way, which I'm paraphrasing a lot.
"If you want your friends, family, co-workers, employers, future employers, spouse, partner, and geriatric but sweet grandmother to know you post on a board whose only purpose has been the stalking and harassment, both in offline and online, of a mentally disabled lesbian trans-gendered woman, then by all means, post information that we can use to find you."
I used to be like you OP, "What's the big deal with a little :powerlevel: ? It brings us closer together as a community."
Sadly, we are not a community, but a den of opportunistic cannibals. Sorry, but that's the truth.