You post this on the wrong section, this is bitcoin discussion and you're discussing about altcoins. That means that you have to move this topic or a mod will transfer this eventually.
So, all in all, there are only 1% of the total coins that you need to worry about and do research on and 99% of coins aren’t worth pursuing.
Just think of them that majority of the altcoins are nonsense and you need to man up in choosing if you're into them. You have said it that 99% of them should just be ignored and you're right with it.