SGA fandom, I don't get you sometimes

Tell me, people:

When did fandom stop being fun and start becoming so incredibly hostile?

It saddens me unbelievably, because, there is enough drama in real life. Can't we at least stay civil and friendly in our LJ experience? Why the need for such hostility? Has this fandom grown too large? Isn't there enough food for thought anymore so that fen start to cannibalise each other?

I don't get it. Could someone explain the latent hostility that is flying around as of late?

I know I'm in it because I enjoy the show and because I love writing and because I like the people I have met through this fandom. I'm not doing anything because it's popular or not, and I know I have a couple of pretty damn unpopular points of view. I just ... why the need to be so confrontational and hostile? Seriously, do people not get enough adrenaline kicks in real life? Are those pissing matches really necessary?

(By the way, flisters, what I said last night about losing respect - I do hope you realise that none of this was aimed at any one of you. I'm not that passive aggressive)

Someone be my Erklärbär, please?