for every person on this forum that understands not to give an attention whore what they want, there's two more that just can't get it through their heads
as much as i hate to throw him under the bus, nix is a good example of this; like half of his forum-related problems would either stop or otherwise not be a big deal for him if he just stopped responding to people, but he just keeps doing it
i think it's mostly a mindset of "i can't just leave it alone, i have to prove myself."