I definitely understand what you are saying Mick, you just NEVER know who is really watching, unless you are that person. At the same time I think a lot of people have nowhere else to go. I for one, I have lived alone since I was 17 years old and have very limited means. My therapist, it takes an hour on 2 buses and then a 30 minute walk, just to GET to her, then I have to go all the way back again. And on top of that, appointments with her are once a month average. I cannot see anyone else, she bulk bills me because she knows I can't afford to pay. I have also seen her since I was 11 years old and she knows EVERYTHING, she even met my main abuser first hand. She's met people in my family, she was there from the start of it all. I have seen a million therapists, doctors, counselors, even hypnotherapists, but my therapist is the only person that I feel comfortable talking to face to face. I can't go through everything with someone else. But that also means I don't get therapy that often, so sometimes I have to talk to SOMEONE.
So I talk a lot on here, I've always got something to complain about. Maybe there are abusers lurking somewhere, who knows? Nobody but them. There's perverts everywhere. But if one of them DID try to comment on here, there would be hell breaking lose with all the people who'd jump in to sort them out.
I do think there are a lot people who share your view in one way or another though Mick, a lot of people wouldn't trust anything on the net. A lot of people on here won't even share what COUNTRY they are from for privacy. I guess you could trust each member on here about the same, for all we know there are members who are completely full of it and are not really suffering the way they say they are. I think people have to make the choice, either put your trust in, or don't.