Competitive pokemon is interesting to me.
Smogon is just a forum.
While I do like to have my opinion heard, I don't think this forum is that important to my own enjoyment of the game that I need to make an effort just to have the old users read what I say. I think I deserve better than having to beg and crawl just to be able to talk to a bunch of pokemon players.
I'm an university student, so I already have to do this a lot in real life. I have to lick the shoes of teachers on a regular basis so they will let me progress in the university. I don't need to do that in a second place, and certainly not for fucking pokemon. What is interesting is that this place resembles a lot a real university (which fits with the name of the site): a place where the greatest minds, and the most insufferable egos, gather.
Now, before you say "then just leave", I'd like to point that I'm probably not the only person who thinks like that, and like I said before, I wonder how many people are lacking self-respect enough to join a community where their opinions are treated as worthless as soon as they join. Seems like a pretty interesting group of people, doesn't it.
