Well it is up to you/and other readers to trust us as those public experts (or not). I dont mind you challenging it either, we always are open for that debate.
I also think you underestimate the influence the community already has. Basically all things come from the community and are collectively assesed with the best input and questions from everyone out here. (So i used to). However in the end we curate what is out there not on public opinion because that is arbitrary but on facts assesed by expertise of the team (always in conversation with the community).