Speculation by science fiction fans

In looking at news online I stumbled upon further speculation regarding who Supreme Leader Snoke is in the current series of Star Wars movies. While all very interesting, I couldn't help but be reminded of The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, a website offering information on each episode of Babylon 5 (1993). While the show was on the air there was ongoing fan speculation as to quite what was happening with the characters and story arcs, and the lurker's guide would do a good job of collecting ideas about what we might infer from each episode about the later ones. In a number of cases I thought that the fan ideas at the time were better or cleverer than what actually transpired in the later episodes. I wonder if the Snoke ideas will follow the same pattern. I guess that it is fun to speculate and the suggestions help to keep the franchise in people's minds.