At least to Ford. As I said above, folks love dirty laundry and terrible news. Train wrecks, plane crashes, and nuclear disasters make the nightly news. Broken marriages, criminal activity, and acts of violence are popularized in movies and talk shows. People eat it up.
Evil is often cool.
It attracts people. Your web site is vulnerable to the evil users of the world. It is open to evil activity. It is a target rich environment, and if your armor is weak, people will destroy you. The bigger you are, the more people will be loyal too.