I know it sounds weird but I don't get my IM information from BHW. I get it by harvesting as much information as I can on a topic from as many sources as possible, then filtering out the crap by intuition. This "bullshit filter" can only be developed in time and experience.
From BHW I have learned that places like the WF and all that goes on in it and as a result of it, are not representative of the entire IM world. Imagine BHW didn't exist, then all we would have is WF and DP and we would think there is something fucking wrong with ourselves, because WF would be the norm, with no one to snap us back to reality.