How did you miss having categories for people whose updates are invariable some sort of political soapboxing? Or the people who only ever blither about their religion?
Cool... we might learn something about dealing with resistant microbes from these little guys. It would be ironically awesome if evolution handed us the solution to evolving antibiotic resistance!
I like the convention of stars for *emphasis* myself. It's pretty common online and used as a shortcut for boldface type some places.
It would be bad enough to feed the fantasies of the gullible, but forcing it on people is harmful and essentially violating religious freedom as well.
These people need to use real mental health professionals to deal with problems, and not foist cheap frauds off onto a vulnerable population.