How can I keep my Bitcointalk acc safe if truly it can be hijacked

[Awaklara]

So it's good for someone to create account with valid email address so that if the email is been tampered a notification will be received.

like that. member sign up with a random email. then they replace it with a valid email.
but for the case of the bounty hunter account, it doesn't seem too much of a problem.

We don't know how hackers started taking over other people's accounts. but if that happens, I think the forum has provided a rule for us to reclaim our hacked account.

The problem is, as @Darker45 said, most hackers target accounts that have been inactive for a long time. if the email used is linked to a mobile device, the owner may get a notification. but if you have lost access to email, that will make it difficult.

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[Mate2237]

Exactly as long as members of this forum avoid clicking on phishing links and logging in from different devices and browsers.
Securing the account with strong password will be enough to protect one forum account, the rate of accounts hack have reduced significantly lately and this is because members of this forum are becoming more aware of the many tricks that hacker employer to steal personal log in details, so member are becoming more pro active in security and how to better protect their social media accounts including this forum.

But there are sometimes one  might have network connection problem, either from the network providers or from climate (weather), so he might use a trusted friend device to login to the forum.

It is not good or advice to use another person who is not trusted or familiar device to login to your email or any other sites you are using. I have seen a friend hacked a friend sister Facebook account. Because she login to his phone and checked something.

Hackers hacked accounts from links sent to them in mostly. Don't click those links you social media accounts or your email addresses. Avoid showing your password to people (cyber cafe operators) to do something for you because you are in hurry.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Some people on here claimed that there BTT account got hacked or stolen I want to ask how this is possible, before someone can hack your account they need to get access to your email account right? If I am wrong can someone tell me how I can avoid this at all cost? .....

There are several ways through which one can secure their account from being hacked, and I will just mention a few, though I believe most of it have been mentioned by other users...
1. Secure your email account with a very strong password, if possible, activate 2fa on your account.
2. Secure your bitcointalk account with a very strong password as well.
3. Maintain the habit of accessing your bitcointalk account from one browser, on both your computer and mobile phone, this is keep you logged in for as long as you are active, anytime you open a site, and the site looks like Bitcointalk and asked you to enter your login details again, you can easily know its a phishing site that wants to steal your bitcointalk login information.
4. Avoid clicking wild links, especially links that are shortened, without any description of what or where the link leads to.
5. Keep your bitcointalk account away from your friends and family, give no one access to your account.
6. Keep your phone or computer locked when not in use, and also make sure they are free from viruses, malicious softwares, etc.
And lastly...
7. If your bitcointalk account is so important to you, then guide and protect it with your life, after all, remember the proverb... where a man's treasure is, there is his heart.

[Welsh]

Some people don't use valid email to create the account of bitcointalk

The only problem with this approach is if the forum did have an event which required users to recover their accounts without their password, these users might be stuck. Especially, if they haven't staked an address or have any other adequate proof of ownership.

Although, there are definitely pros of going this route. Privacy being the obvious one, but it could potentially add security in certain ways. However, I tend to think from a security stand point it's better to have an email, and make sure that email is secured, than to reduce the attack vector, but lose some of the convenience of account recovery.

[Sarah Azhari]

Some people on here claimed that there BTT account got hacked or stolen I want to ask how this is possible,

Not sometimes, some members declare their account got hacked by a buyer who didn't pay him. Yes, he gives all the details to the buyer, including password, email, and even private key on sign message, and after giving at all, the buyer went never come back to the seller. then a seller declare here to tell a lie he was hacked.