I do very much enjoy the fact that this is an open forum where there's no (or not much) incentive to suck up to people and good honest interesting discussions can take place - without people partaking in them in order to fulfill an agenda.
I'm of the philosophy that it's better to take the good despite the bad, rather than nothing at all. This place can be *very* useful at times, I like its feel and the dynamic despite its flaws.