Hey  
Recently I noticed that in Pony fandom, people tell much often in their blog/comments about problems that they face in real life, such as problems at school, unemployment, sickness or family. I observed numerous other fandoms/internet mirco-societies and people generally would avoid this topic. Normally I would do some statistics test, but while not impossible with proper text mining, it would be a tremendous job so I will violate all rules of scientific approach and tell you my theories starting with most probable in my opinion. I would be happy to hear your opinion.