There were a lot of negative things about EP but I remember a lot of the positive--the few legitimate questions that were asked--the few that actually asked for genuine help, I was always so happy to help them out. I got genuinely depressed (that reminds me to take my meds) when EP shut down because a part of my life that was so dear to me was shut down.
I didn't initially plan to be EP famous. It just... happened. I became that obnoxious space nerd that everyone either loved because I provided some actual intellectual discourse, or hated because they were anti-intellectual. Seeing that my mere presence would cause discussion was really interesting. I've had one-a-many intellectual conversations on there, and it was an ego boost from both the "I'm surrounded by idiots" and "My intelligence is actually respected" perspectives.
I hope soon I'll regain my "obnoxious science nerd" title since I'm spamming science facts to the feed :P