I had mine hidden because you say one controversialthing in the wrong community and they’re digging for dirt in comments from years ago.

I don’t understand how that’s supposed to work, you’d have to have posted some bad takes, and even if you did, “hey I made the wrong call based off what I believed at the time, I now understand where I was misled” isn’t going to turn anyone against you.

It really only affects people who don’t stand behind their words.

You overestimate the average persons ability to read what you’ve written and interpret the meaning behind it. I have no doubt that plenty of people will read your comments from years ago and nail you to the wall over some gross misinterpretation of something that’s not even remotely related to the topic at hand.