Q: What's a popular method to feign being an individual?
A: You're soaking in it!
Q: Huh?
A: The Question and Answer format. It pretends to be a two person conversation.
Q: Wow, that's really perceptive! Are the people who use this all evil?
A: Not necessarily. When assembling documentation, it's not easy explaining things. This is an out for the lazy writer.