Writers: The Usefulness of this Sub?

When this sub was only a few months old, much smaller, and without many of the more recognizable fic authors in here (some of you have been champs in here since the beginning), I asked a very similar question. It got downvoted to hell at the time. I don't think it will now, but I am curious to see if the answers have changed now that we've grown.

The question then and now: has this sub made you rethink things you do? Have you reconsidered tropes you've taken for granted? Have you had a plan for a character that you've pivoted from after thinking about what others have said here?