I find B&G signal-to-noise to be better that most forums (IMO due to lack of anonymity), but like most things, ya gotta separate out wheat from chaff and that can be hard at times - both from active and retired pilots.

Pilots love sharing their opinions; some opinions are formed from actual knowledge/experience whereas others are formed from feels. The reader has to discern which opinions are more credible in any given scenario. Of course, how people communicate with each other can influence perceptions just as much as what they're communicating. It might (or might not) surprise you that some of the most...let's say "direct" B&G posters don't communicate interpersonally the way they do online.

I think the membership is getting chompy with contract FOMO, and combined with a larger societial loss of tact & decorum when in disagreement, we see posts go off the rails.

I might disagree with folks at times, but we're all we got and NOBODY gives a crap about us except us. Let's fight like brothers (or sisters) internally, disagree agreeably, and pull on the rope together.

<cue 'Imagine' by John Lennon>