Q is one part research, one part self-serving misinformation and zero parts inside information.
If one can do their own research, why would one want to wade through the self-serving misinformation?
Maybe you do, but some people don't know where to wade. Names, dates, events, photos, etc.
Q guides the research and points to names and events. He helps to connect dots that would be impossible to connect unless pointed to.
Surely that makes sense to you?