I think that LW is (close to) superlative in some dimensions.

I agree. I haven't found another online forum which I prefer. I agreed with taw because (a) I think that some people here do attach a halo to LW, viewing it as "The Way" in some generalized sense and (b) people forget that a fair portion of what appears on LW is well known within certain circles (c.f. Don't Revere The Bearer Of Good Info ).

It's just that when people try to tell the community that there's a bunch of other more important dimensions that it sucks at, people get angry and shoot the messenger.

I've noticed examples of this sort of thing.