http://lurkmore.com/chanchan/003/kareha.pl/1168014500/
gives some sort of explanation. I think it's mostly because there was way too much drama going on. Unlike, as you noticed, here; where nothing is going on at all, including drama.
otoh, posts don't seem to time out here, so everything that needs to be posted is already posted.
People just like drama about cracky more than cracky.