Quote: The whole thing cuts right to the heart of the matter: why does a porn forum exist? Why does anyone bother reading it? What's the point?
The above is a statement that couldn't have been put better by anyone. Message boards are simply another means of providing a power-hierarchy where none really exists. People who have no power create "power" by constructing their own systems in which they can dwell at the top.
Much like a drive-through cashier who will "get back at you" by putting only one ketchup packet in your paper baggy instead of two. "Oooh, I got THAT guy!".