I don't get it either. I joined Reddit about 2 months before the Fattening. Mostly I lurked the default subs, and then a friend told me about /r/fatpeoplehate so I started lurking there. My first reaction was, "OMG I can't believe there's a whole sub dedicated to hating fat people???" to "that's mean" to "wow, that sounds a lot like what I've gone through (when dealing with fatties)" to "this is where I belong". I was visiting /r/fatpeoplehate every day, and started contributing too. I even got verified. Then the whole sub got banned. Now I hardly ever go over to Reddit anymore.