I don't mind vanities, IF they are more than idle speculation and present information in a FACTUAL fashion, instead of the author just spewing his opinions as though that was enough for credibility.
I wish the owners of this site would require in vanity posts, that the author provide references, supporting opinions, footnotes, or at least what you would expect to see in your average high school english report.
What we have are a lot of editorialists, thinking that their opinions matter as much as those from highly credible sources. They forget that those sources are fact-checked on a daily basis.