Influence from unknowledgeable traders will put you in a state of confusion and sometimes you will be wondering what's your next phase. It's so inappropriate to have a novice influence you about what you intend to when you can actually get informed by making good research and setting good strategies for positive results. I think most times we belittle ourselves and hope on some things that'll end up failing us.
You are right and I have experienced such a thing before by trusting other people's trading strategies that even it is just a scribble without any description that might look like an analysis that will yield results,
but in fact it is just their trick to enter at a predetermined price because they have already bought it first.
It's kind of looking for Liquidity for them to get out and make a profit for themselves.
Strategies that you do yourself will probably be better and you can compare them so that you will know where the differences are,
and learning for yourself is necessary so that you are not easily deceived by people who just want to take advantage of your weaknesses.