I started using a VPN for work, I'm a government contractor and regularly travel to countries that restrict or censor internet content, I recently spent 3 months I kuwait and had to use my VPN just to watch Netflix that wasn't bollywood or in Arabic, I was in China last year and couldn't even log into Facebook without using my VPN. Now I just use it all the time I have no reason not to what if someone on a forum really decided to be an asshole and start posting IP addresses and names wouldn't you want your real IP hidden. I'm not talking about just this forum I have accounts on many other forums, some I have stopped using because they are sketchy I stopped going on meso because because one of the mods started beefing with the other mods and posted 2 pages of mods and users real names and IP addresses. You never know what could get hacked and leaked and I feel better having a little extra layer of anonymity using a VPN. I know being on these forums isn't illegal but we come on here and discuss the places we buy UGL steroids wich is illegal and discuss how we use them also illegal atleast in the US where I live, maybe you live in a country where it's legal I know some people on these forums are from the UK and don't have to worry about the legal ramifications that come with steroid use but I live in the US and it's not legal.