I'm not saying it's the case on the forum, but I know people who live their lives vicariously through the soaps and that's sad.
One of my local pubs is seriously sending a petition to Granada (or whoever makes the programme now) to protest at Tracy's improsinment, believing she has been unfairly jailed because she was a victim of domestic violence! They were all over our local newspaper and people actually wrote letters to the editor in support!!!