timdiggerm said:
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/users-treat-criticism-of-favorite-brands-as-threat-to-self-image.ars
This felt related to the pro-SE stuff we've seen on bluray.com and TFN, etc.
Boy is that the truth. Those defensive superfans are like flinchy wounded animals. Such a weird, insulated cult community now. It used to be a regular pop culture Beatles-type thing and now it's gone full Juggalo.