When and how did his become a thing? I'm reading more and more reviews with these too-long disclaimers stating things like, "I had this dream. It's purely a fantasy....it was such a beautiful dream. Let me tell you about it...."
It seems to have started with one sentence disclaimers either at the beginning or the review, or in the reviewer's signature line. Ok, I think. Probably worthless, but pretty unobtrusive and therefore harmless.
Now they're becoming these elaborate set pieces that are seemingly everywhere. Why? Was some sort of case law established that I missed?