Oh, I wouldn't limit this to site politics.
That's where I get interested, but you
see the same mechanism at work elsewhere.
I never got why you did not actively engage in it while a student, coming to think of it. Its my main playground these days.
I didn't like the clique like nature of the SA.
Plus, I was busy with other fun. I DID get
involved, in order to help bring about (and
attempt to save, later) a gaming club.