we don't have to save face with a community
From my experience with online communities, you kind of do. Even with particularly large communities around popular things, it's not unusual to have several of the same people in several different places, so if you persist in being stupid in one community, others in other related communities will hear about it eventually.
It is one of the reasons why a lot of us are pseudonymous (we're not using "real" names, sometimes very obviously so, but whatever name it is, is consistent, like in my case, this username/avatar combination on other websites is probably me, and I have been this particular username/avatar across various websites for the last...20 years or so x_x).
It probably also makes people more blind to being scammed also
Hm, that would make sense, and a deadly combo coupled with the smug absolute certainty that they're extremely intelligent and could easily spot any scam.
People see the hacks as a failure, but what they end up instigating, is a strengthening
Who are these perfect people that have never made a mistake or failed anything before? O_O
Yeah, with some communities for sure - especially the ones where there is a skill to sell or present. On Hive we have seen many people burn their account to the ground through poor behavior, even if no one knows who they are IRL.
I see all the scams - no one can fool me! ;D
Those who have never created anything that has got judged.
Being a drama llama could get you booted out of some of the communities I was in, and there were a lot of them (drama llamas not communities XD).
Edit: missed the last bit. So they never even got stuff wrong at work or when learning things? Damn O_O
I think it is a form of self-actualization now...
The way of the Dalai Drama Llama.
They know they got things wrong of course - but that was justifiable.