I'm somewhat appalled at this.
People have their own investing styles, views, information, backgrounds etc. All information and viewpoints are worthwhile. If you think they are not then you are becoming a very bad investor indeed.
I do this just as a hobby and feel I don't contribute much. I would like to make it my full-time occupation, but I know enough to know that I'd be kidding myself at the moment - and I'm pretty pushed to get my day job done. I have the utmost respect for those that do make a living off it as it seems to me to be an endeavour that cuts across many disciplines. ST has probably lost one such individual.
Have a long and prosperous future Moosie.