ENWorld has to be one of the worst places for anyone to go jockeying for social power or clout in the entire internet.
Perhaps. But, there then follow two questions, which are partially linked:
1) Is the fact that is is a bad place to do it going to stop anyone?
2) Are they, in fact, aware that they are doing it for that reason?
Insert my several-times-noted bits about the human limbic system here.