Fully agree. Please dont jump and get hyped about any coin, because of some strangers in the internet. Take time and do plant of research and, before you start trowing many on any coin.
I guess the main question I would have now is, where would I go to do a non biased research on the coin I want to look further into? It seems impossible to do this, especially with all of the information about cryptos being on the internet. What made you feel strongly about Monero in the first place? What makes you feel even more strongly about Monero now? I want to see for my self, but I would have no idea where to start.
Yes, its difficult to find un-biased source of information. Thus it takes time, to get to know a coin, its community, development, plans, history, etc. For example, if you interested in monero, search google, reddit, forums, etc for monero, and see what people write about it. Obviously you will find plenty of opposing opinions, so its up to you to decide at the end. So check opinions against monero, opinions supporting other coins, ask questions, etc. It takes time.
Maybe good start is this website which seems to be unbiased and compares different coins in therms of their launch:
http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=a_massive_investigation_of_instamines_and_fastmines_for_the_top_alt_coinsBut still this is only one website. More research you must do probably.