Now many times a poster will put other stuff in a post with an -eom-    

Let's see how many look at this post which clearly has -EOM- three times  LOL

...and if it's a handle not recognized is it an alias. I have from time to time looked at an eom post and found something there. It's also a quick way to access and PM the person.

Protect Ya Neck!!!

Will click the wrong post, that's one reason.

 
...or if you are frenziedly reading a thread, where two posters are having an interesting back & forth.

I used to do it so the post would change color on my screen, from green as *unread* to red as a *read* post. I also would rarely if ever click on my own posts, that way they would be noticeable on my screen as the only green posts remaining.

Hey, you asked. lol