Sister Bear
The problem with people taking chumros and turning them into Halachos is that when that person says that x is assur and it really is, no one will listen cuz they’ll think it’s another chumrah. So people should really be careful about what they say is assur or not. (I’m not just talking about people on the internet)
It’s the boy who cried Wolf. When one person starts calling every chumra a halacha then people won’t take them seriously anymore. Unfortunately, it’s not just the one person who they stop taking seriously but anyone who is “frummer” than them. They will assume that every halacha they are told is just another chumra. If WolfishMusings ever wants to correct someone on a real halachik mistake they are making they will just assume that he is being machmir, they won’t take him seriously. It is therefore important for him to point out all the absurd things that people are saying for what they are so that when the time does come for him to post an actual halacha, people will take him seriously.