A lot of it is the anonymous culture, the idea that discussions can be based soley on the contents of message not the poster's history. This creates good content and interesting discussion. Its just learning to adjust your signal to noise filters.

If you see the appeal as only "looking for content," we are glad you stay out.

I hate the ubiquitous use of the word 'content' to describe absolutely anything on the internet now.

As if it belongs behind some kind of gate with locks that we should all feel priveleged to have had access to.

Check out this definition, the second one on dictionary.com:

content: something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing, or any of various arts:

Do you get it now? Is this still a problem? I think you probably just didn't know what the word meant.