It's not a snarky comment. It's unfortunate that you saw it that way. It's a honest question as to how reading your experience differs in legitimacy from the experiences of others if all are read by strangers on the internet. It wasn't really directed towards you (hence me referring to you in third- and not second-person and quoting not your post but someone else's). You are certainly welcome to voice your opinion to or about the question but I don't really think anyone is confused as to the reason behind your view of legitimacy of your own experience. Or even those you personally know. But my question is, if someone doesn't personally know you (as is, I assume, the case with AFL and AJ) then how would reading your experience online differ in their mind from when they read others who they also don't know on the exact same medium? Why would it have more legitimacy? Why would it be expected to have more legitimacy?