I really like the process that you laid out, and I actually did that (started reading all of the Q posts at https://qcodefag.github.io/ in reverse order) earlier this week, I can vouch for the benefits that you described.
Your suggestion #8:
8. I recommend that you identify trolls who carry the MSM messages and other disinformation and then, while reading posts in the forum, skim down the upper left hand side of each post and skip those posted identified disruptors. Lately I've seen trolls posting off topic as if you must stop reading the thread and argue about topics of their choice; don't fall for it
is also very important as the number of off-topic (or trolling) posts in some of these threads makes it difficult to follow the topical conversation of the thread. I suggest that folks that are seriously interested in following and contributing to the topical conversation REFRAIN from responding to these off topic posts. (Because the responses to them are just as distracting as the posts themselves!) Just ignore them, learn how to just automatically skip them as ransomnote describes.
If you think that you have a link, information, or way of describing something, in response to a post that you deem to be a genuine inquiry for clarity, or a serious person that is looking for guidance, perhaps a private reply to that person is a better choice (rather than contributing to more off topic posts)?
:)
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