Why.. why is sage in uppercase red..
sage wasnt meant to be an insult, that's a dumb mentality.
In 「western-style」 forums, there was no way to prevent a post from rising the thread, as it was thought that only worthless posts wouldn't want it to rise, and that they were better avoided.
Not wanting to be all like, 「look at me! look at me! I made a post,」 was unthinkable.
So was not using names. Why wouldn't someone want to use a name and take credit for their posts?
http://wakaba.c3.cx/soc/kareha.pl/1104777766/