Personally, I liked the mix. Having people post interesting and Q / awakening related topics (and/or links to topics on other news sites) was a great way to consolidate information. Searching many of those other news sites for relevant information can be very tedious. After spending some time on gatewaypundit, I quickly began to appreciate people posting the items worth reading - it was much faster than searching them out on my own. I also think that helped to keep the research topics relevant and in focus. Seriously, if all you had were a few dozen people posting original research as they found stuff and had time, there would only be a few posts a day, there wouldn't be as much traffic, and the place would likely end up with more shills than posters. It's one of those things were you have to be careful of what you wish for.