When was that? AFAIK, the great differential of RFCs is that they never carried any weight, and as a consequence the process wasn't taken over by entrenched interests.
They carried weight with the people trying to make this shit work, down in the trenches. It wasn't a perfect process, but it was a process - geeks trying to talk to each other, beyond bullshit corporate boundaries.
I don't think anyone really wants to talk to anyone anymore.
I don't think anyone really wants to talk to anyone anymore.