[johnnyanmac]

>You're letting a bunch of people who aren't really that important to you, or qualified to do the job, be the content curators for you.

isn't that most social media? If you want traditional news, you subscribe to a news site. if you want experts you need to be in those respective communities. Expecting journalists or domain experts to freely share quality information on an informal platform isn't impossible, but shouldn't be expected. pseudoanonymous discussion shouldn't be your primary source for most "real" content and issues.