Good advice but it won't work. People used to tell Readalot to start a thread about his testing protocol but no one would've read it so he felt a need to inject it into every other thread possible.
No one is interested in big idea talkers who won't even pay for any of the testing themselves to prove their ideas. Just talk and fear mongering.
I can see what you mean but I also think there is space for them and their ideas.
Maybe the delivery was a little wrong. But Readalot did put together specific information in his own thread.
One thing is having that and then maybe dip in and out of other people's, where their ideas may be relevant (for example, referencing a specific link to their thread, like you did on D's brew log, yesterday, finding a post he mentioned to another member).
Another thing is just keep posting this stuff all over the place, creating confusion and the kind of interaction that would just ruffle feathers, bombarding someone else's space with random stuff, calling people names because they do not want to engage etc.
That's wrong and useless.
Even if there is value in what is presented, it all gets buried a few pages down the line, anyway, and nobody sees it again.
So, I disagree with the sentiment shown in the post above mine.
I don't think their intention is malevolent. It comes from a good place, regardless of the fact many disagree with what they put forward.
It's just that the approach and the type of interaction that is created are wrong.
They need to find their own space and relate it to others in a way that is more respectful.
Making people aware of what you are saying by linking your information to theirs is less intrusive and you give people the choice to have a dialogue with you.
But if, as you say, it is just injected " into every other thread possible", it just creates resentment and negativity.
There must be a better way to hear everyone's voices.