[Meekro]

Agreed. I ran across SomethingAwful when I was quite young (maybe 12-14?) and it was rather upsetting. I kept seeing calls to action that sounded like "Hey guys, let's go be mean to _____ for entertainment! Bonus points if we make them cry!" The whole culture seemed to be like that, so I closed the site and never went back. I never understood what others saw in it.

[pas]

Those others saw a way to cope with their own powerlessness (for having healthy IRL relationships, eg. to set boundaries, and so on).

(At least this was my experience on other forums.)