Congrats on the completion of year 3!
There are lots of people who don't get it about this place, they do it for the money. There is value in the expression of thought, whether consumed or not, but of course, it is nice to be in the discussions and build a network.
I know many users who started to achieve stellar growth from hanging around one user and shilling whatever that guy was in to, that guy disappeared (very wealthy, I always thought) and his minions literally had no 'social network' here.
This is definitely something people should be reading :)