TobyBartels comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 8 - Less Wrong
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How about, SPHEW is inspiring bullies to declare themselves, or non-bullies to become bullies, for the challenge of battling SPHEW? (I'd like this hypothesis better if the bullies weren't older, since even acknowledging first-years as a challenge is quite a status hit.)
From the sounds of this I might have to start reading MoR again. So Hermione doesn't start knitting for house elves, instead she goes around beating the crap through bullies? That's awesome.
This seems like what is currently happening in the latest chapter.
Neatly sidestepped in Quirell's explanation.