Indeed ... and it sometimes does. I find myself increasingly thinking you may well be right about that one, too. I don't suggest that there's anything "good" or "bad" about that, but that does seem to be "how it is".
Let me show you a proper big wave - the kind the best in the world seek out. Right in my own backyard - Peahi, Maui.
I do not agree with you that traders are beyond help. Maybe misguided and untrained, but everyone can use some help.
No, a forum is like a market, like an exchange. You give something, you get something else in return. Supply and demand. What a new trader demands is the supply of information to help them trade. What an experienced trader demands is more detailed knowledge of finer points of trading I suppose you could say, but ether way, information is the currency. Like in a market, if you don't hand over currency, you don't go home with anything except the money you came in with. Pretty much a wasted trip. Have you considered you might be a time-waster?
Actually @tomorton is right! I went from a series of 20% annual return strateges to a 100 to 150% strategies with more attractive risk controls, after spending several hours on this forum back in May'17. Its up to you as a user to risk your capital and try them out and work out the kinks. I'm also sensing there are various class of users on this forum; trolls, elitists who've never traded but know all the talk, lurkers, hedge fund professionals, traders with strong math/risk background and real gun-slinging traders who get their hands dirty that do triple digit returns annually. Its up to you on how actively you want to gain the knowledge. I personally have posted several tidbits of information on my trades (options based), but not sure how many people take it and undertand them. I'm also open to collaboration if anybody wants to reach out to me.