It's a total mob mentality. It's weird, I usually find that educated people tend to remain somewhat quiet when they're not sure about a situation. It's almost a pride thing....well ****, I'm not sure, so I'm not going to just spout off and sound like an *******.
But when you get a large contingent of people who have a room temperature IQ, it's just a piling on effect -- people somehow need validation that they're actually intelligent, so they regurgitate what others have said. It's mostly subconscious, actually.
But like this guy for example...he has ZERO clue what he's talking about, but it's in vogue right now to make fun of Richt and call him names, so we get threads that end with "Old Man Richt". It's sad, but if you want to talk ball with people who have a clue, you really have to have a filter for your brain so you can weed out the clueless and not let useless drivel upset you. But it's tough.
I'd pay $50 a month with ZERO hesitation for a board/forum that was by invite only and there was somehow a competency exam required to gain access. Unfortunately that doesn't exist, so the best we can get is to try to talk shop with the few and far between who do have a semblance of a clue while trying to avoid ripping my face off at the endless posts saying the same things over and over and over by people who really have no idea what they're saying, but someone else did so I need to make sure I do the same.
