My subjective impression in that the 'cat is running better than for some months. It seems that when it's slow, the page still loads most of the time if you wait for it. For me however it's fast most of the time - perhaps the time of day?

It's a valuable resource to a lot of people - the breadth of knowledge and experience of many of the regular posters is unmatched in my experience. So there are a few stupid or malicious posters but a small proportion of the whole.

Stu