I wouldn't consider myself orthodox yet, but I believe in God and Christ and think that orthodoxy is the "most authentic" option.
It seems that orthodoxy is just predominant among chuds, which is weird because I've heard that the churches themselves are very detached from social dogma and very accepting to a degree.
I'm not the one to speak on this though, I'm just learning.
@Nihilma
I'm an orthodox catechumen, so neither should I speak on this subject with any semblance of authority.
Converts to orthodoxy are growing in numbers in the United States, not so much in Europe where I come from. It's a strange thing to analyze, because doing so without any bias is quite complicated.
From what I see, it seems that indeed a lot of converts do convert because of their conservative stance on some issues which a lot of protestants and in spirit only, modern catholics also stray away from (In practice, modern catholics are still officially conservative on these issues (It's complicated)).
They either are disgusted at and by protestants for blatantly stepping on the old Tradition, and modern catholics for their anti-conservative rhethoric.
This is why a lot of young Christians who feel both abandonned by their denominations and like their denominations have abandonned what the Church really is tend to approach Orthodoxy, as the Orthodox Church au contraire puts its doctrinal emphasis on submission to what has been before. If being a "chud" means this then it is a good thing in my opinion.
The flip side of this are those who convert for other sociopolitical reasons, meaning their stance on immigration, racism, sexism, antisemitism or even worse, their positionning on modern conflicts.
Those usually btw ate only orthodox in name, never having been to a Church, and wildly believing that the Church supports their egregious positions. The Church does not. It supports the ancient Tradition which in appearance may look like what these people look for, but really isn't. If being a "chud" means this then no this is a bad thing, in my opinion.
I personally chose to follow orthodoxy because I first and foremost started to notice some doctrinal incoherencies with the protestant "Sola Scriptura", even if I was it's most adamant supporter before, and because I just followed my heart, that told me that the place I had entered was the right place to be.