Its easier and more comfortable to discuss something unimportant, like who is the YWN moderator, bash people who dont hold to the same standards as you (chalv stam thread), whine on and on about a shidduch crisis and many other ridiculous topics then it is to deal with real life issues.
Look at the readers write section of a popular yeshivishe paper. The same inane topics get rehashed again and again. Very little substance, lots of nonsense.