&gt; Primarily because people generally want to choose and talk to their attorney.<p>IANAL.  It&#x27;s been a thing for very many years (since the late 1980s) because people freaking love talking about law, and they seek advice from random anons, (and offer advice to random anons) over the Internet.<p>There are plenty of people who seek legal advice from other people on Reddit.<p>A lot of people have very little money to pay for lawyers, but need legal advice, and so they&#x27;re going to want anything they can get.