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Sure. One whitehat example: LW is a community of highly intelligent weird people. I am sure some find a lot of personal utility in just being members of such a community.
And one blackhat example: LW people are a good target for trolling and successful trolling leads to hilarious lulz.
This goes right back to the OP's point: more people "use" LW for status contests than they do for self-improvement.
So, if the OP posts something on LW, it's going to be mined for pitfalls to be exploited and pointed out in order to gain status, rather than being fairly evaluated as an instrumental tool.
Which is why the OP doesn't like LW any more. And why LW will trend towards uselessness over time.
Gaining utility from being a member of a community is NOT AT ALL the same as using that community for status contests.