You wouldn't believe how many aggregator sites there are spewing random Hab related trade offers and speculation right now on the internet. I guarantee their ideas contribute to at least half the wacky trade proposals you see on here.
The worst part is, those sites/posts are constructed in a way that the source is often just a random blogger/social media personality opinion but the title will be written in a way that at first glance sounds like it is a
confirmed rumour. The viewer, 85% of the time doesn't get to the end of the article to see the actual source is just some blogger and voila...... rumour of KH refusing Anderson for Nemec and a 1st is born and ppl just eat it up. Its only natural someone will bring it to CF to test out its validity.
When the source is NOT just a random blogger/Twitter personality, etc, and is an actual journalist, it often comes from a recently posted article of theirs in which they are simply implying or offering suggestions. The aggregator site then comes in regurgitates what was said and phrases it like "X team is interested in acquiring Jake Evans!" When in fact the journalist simply pointed out that Edmonton may be looking to add a depth centerman and MTL may be looking to move out one of theirs. Boom! Evans to Edm E4!.....
Then throw on the fact that "trolling" exists and you get ppl, who probably don't actually think Anderson for Nemec+1st is fair or realistic, but will argue its merits just for the "lolz". The simple fact that you put the effort into writing this post up is stoking the fire of the thing you're probably annoyed with to begin with.