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I'm a part of the tech department for an awesome investigative journalism network called OCCRP. I'm really passionate about open source software, artificial intelligence and information security. My open source contributions are now merged with projects like reddit, elementary OS and the Tor Project. I'm running a personal blog where I share my personal stories. You can connect with me on Twitter: @r3bl_.
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I would probably go with building user's trust as the #1 reason. I personally would never sign up for an account that has a sign up form over HTTP. And if I'm reading something over HTTP, for me, the publisher doesn't seem to take his job seriously. As a consequence, I will leave the site more quickly. As a sub-reason, I'd say keeping up with the competition or having an advantage over the competition if the competition does not support HTTPS.
That sounds great! Especially because your article was my inspiration while I was writing this article.