It Takes a Community to Eat Well

On Chowhound.com's site board, Jim Leff argues against community:

The more we maintain a super tight focus on compiling a data trove rather than being a conventional social network, the better we'll all eat. And that's the goal.

True? Compare the trove on Chicago's Chowhound Board to LTHForum.com I have longed believe that a great community leads exactly to better eating, and the rich content of LTHForum surely shows that.

I know, to most Chicago foodies, this seems like a battle long over. That does not mean I cannot still point out how right we were, no?