I think so, if you look past the initial maoning, there is a wealth of positivity and constructive comment.
As the recent thread on illegal downloads shows.
With Passion you will always get debate and argument, this is healthy and conflict promotes development.
things rarely get personal here any more, and overall I`d say there is a better sense of community.
There`s been some very interesting debate recently.
As far as I can see the general agenda is of support of the scene, and it`s certainly what I want. As the scene gets smaller hopefully it will become more of a community thing in general (outside the forum that is).