I am aware of his childish behavior and as stated, he's not exempt from my criticism of the things he's actually posted. He lashes out at folks in ways that represents emotional immaturity. There's plenty of actual content about which to form an opinion without having to resort to my imagination of what his life must be like or his motivation for posting so much.
In what sense? I've only been here for a little over a year, but every "Veteran" that I've encountered has been a blowhard.
You've formed an opinion of the guy and are justifying that opinion with speculation about knowledge that he may or may not possess. For one, it's irrelevant. Whatever knowledge he presents can live on its own merits whether it originated in his head or was something from the Internet. It's clear to me that he is absorbing information, cultivating a degree of understanding and then disseminating that information here. Sometimes his understanding fall short, but often he offers information with the necessary degree of qualification. For example, "I am not sure how beneficial it is to filter peptides prior to administration, but it's something that is often done in a clinical setting, so there must be a good reason for it."
That's the beginning of a potentially interesting discourse and an offer for someone to exercise their own reasoning. By contrast, he could write, "I filter my peptides and you're a fool if you do not."
Again, speculation on your part and irrelevant as well. Either his answers have value or they don't.
This is where I struggle to not act childishly, but I'll do my best. Do you really think the algorithm is so simple as that? I am sure that if you employ your powers of reasoning, you can come up with a better explanation.
Regardless, it's still just an algorithm. Outside of automated means, such as likes, or engagement with the content, there's no easy way to evaluate the quality of one's contributions. As stated in this thread already, It's sad that
@Type-IIx does not have "Elite" status, but he is not participating nearly as broadly, in spite of the fact that the depth of the content he offers clearly makes him qualified.
He has contributions in many other threads, there's the GLP-1 thread, the one or two he made on the closure of the de-minimus loophole, many posts outside of the QSC thread on blood pressure management, and so on.
As for defending floaters, I'm pretty sure that's me. I have and I can walk you through the rational conclusion about why they don't matter, which is not something I believe he's ever done.
Certainly, they could try, but I doubt they would have much success. It's clear that he has an obsessive nature and the focus of that is in the safer use of PEDs as well as other health-related topics. That obsession has led to him offering information that benefits others, which is something I'm reminded of daily when it takes me literally a second to draw up my daily AAS dose through a vial spike he tracked down and recommended.