You seem to put a lot of thought into it. I just scroll mindlessly. ET these days for me is more like water cooler talk and getting a heads up on certain things. There's a lot of gold buried in the archives, though. I've gotten the best value out of ET by actually not logging in for weeks and study some of the great contents that's here. There truly have been several remarkable traders who passed through here throughout the years and there still seems to be a few who stick around. Had to check my ignore list. I thought I had 1 or 2 individuals there, but it turns out it was empty.
We can learn different techniques of forex trading from the experienced users of elite traders forum and it is the biggest use of this forum.
There's some very clever people/ posters on ET but sometimes these clever people make outlandish statements. You gotta sort it out yourself, the wheat from the chaff. Often clever posters say brilliant things then a day or two later talk shit. We possibly are nearly all guilty of that. (Some, not all) When clever guys talk shit every now and again, it helps - just have a chuckle and not react negatively.
Guilty as charged! I know when I cross most lines, but have been honing that skill for 35 years. Still a work in progress! *BELCH!*