You do have to admit, these boards have given an awful lot to many people in this community?
Piratecat (unless he cares to correct me) actually MET the good folks of Fiery Dragon Productions through this board.
Many of us have had the chance to interact with and joke around with people like Gary Gygax, Rob Kuntz, Monte Cook, Ryan Dancey, Keith Strohm, Chris Pramas, etc. through these boards - which likely would have never had a venue to do otherwise.
These boards were a major point for WotC picking up PHB and Sword and Fist errata back in late 2000 / early 2001.
Finally, these boards were a major outlet for promotion of 3rd edition when it debuted.
So, these boards have been not as a point of "feeling inferior," but for many people to make their mark where they might not have had the chance to do otherwise.