Researching Forums

After looking at a few forums about commerical recording studios vs. home studios, I found a lot of great discussions about equipment used in commerical and home studios, floor plans, digital audio workstaions, rates, and the different sound quality each option will produce. By surprised, I found a lot of arguments rather then discussions, for example, "newbies" trying to earn street credit on popular forums by posting unrealistic or irrelevant topics on such websites as gearslutz.com. With some more research, I will be definately getting great insight about consumer/artist thoughts.