Okay, there is not much that will be changed at this point in time and it will be what it will be. People will think what they want.
And you can use the Ignore function on users who are just here to troll. MacRumors won't ban them because trolls = forum activity = page views = advertising, so you have to do it yourself
Meanwhile it's interesting to see the new changes in Settings that confirm what some of the spelunkers suggested a week ago: that the exposure notifications stuff isn't active unless you install a relevant app and confirm access for the app first.