Periodically closing down brewery specific threads

I don't think it needs to be done monthly, maybe just when a thread gets unwieldy or devolves. The Fremont thread dates to 2014, and the Reubens thread to 2015. Both of those could use a reboot, IMHO.

 

"maintaining a monthly brewery page really isn't necessary, as there simply isn't the same level of FOMO out here that you find elsewhere."

Maintaining a monthly brewery page doesn't necessarily coincide with FOMO. Also FOMO can sometimes be mistaken for passion and there's absolutely nothing wrong with being passionate about beer, but hey, do as you wish.

 

Deleting my original post and just ignoring instead

 

The fact that we've been able to maintain brewery threads for multiple years shows that we tend to stay pretty immune from fads and trends. The Flavor of the Week breweries likely can't maintain that level of interest. In fact, a lot of those breweries haven't even been open years. And, no, "passion" does not equal FOMO, and yes, there is something wrong with FOMO.

 

The Pacific forum certainly got out of hand in the past with how many brewer-specific threads they had going and how old they were. It seems like the younger beer scene in LA is driving a lot of special can releases and events that keep those threads updating frequently.

I agree that monthly or even quarterly threads in the PNW forum seems excessive. Unless some heavy derailment happens, the brewery threads simply don't move that quickly. Maybe a yearly brewery thread? "Great Notion 2018" for example?

 

Its just when certain threads go completely off the rails and devolve into some pre-pubescent internet argument forum, its not a good look. If Im visiting the Block 15 thread, im hoping to find some nugget of useful information about the brewery without combing through 5 pages of trash.

 

Personally, I prefer the T-a-l-k-B-e-e-r model, where threads essentially stay open indefinitely (i.e., there's one Hill Farmstead thread, and that's where HF-related content primarily gets posted). I find multiple threads per brewery, based on time, quite annoying in terms of usability, especially when it comes to basic search functionality. Kinda breaks it...

I'm more in favor of people staying on-topic, generally speaking, and if things drift too far off-topic, then an admin can reign things in, hopefully.

 

I also don't see how nuking a thread and starting over helps matters. People who like to be antagonistic are still going to be antagonistic regardless.

 

John, since you're the one who'll probably have to put in most of the work, consider which is of these options is a bigger pain in your ass:

• Locking a thread and starting a new one each month

• Keeping these legacy threads active but periodically going through and deleting the 2-3 pages of off topic bullshit that spawns within them.

Personally, I like keeping the old ones alive because it's kind of fun to go back and look at the beginnings of the Fremont/GN/Ruben's type threads, but I'm A OK with either option.

 

As mentioned upthread, I don't think monthly or quarterly would be needed, maybe every 12-18 months.

 

I'm wondering if there would ever be a way to attract the trolls to a thread that would segregate them. Something like "Why Portland and Seattle breweries are overrated." Then those folks who agree with that could go there and pile on their opinions. The rest of us could read the threads about Great Notion or Fremont or Holy Mountain or Visiting Portland without having to plow through the distractions.

I do not volunteer to start and maintain such a thread.

 

let's start a quarterly fresh hop thread and forget to update it in the fall.

 

As someone who reads both Pacific and NW forums pretty much exclusively, and post mostly in Pacific, I don't understand this need to delete threads. If they "take up a lot of space in the regional front/top forum page" isn't it because people use them a lot? The whole point of a message board.

Mods here have always been delete crazy, and I just don't understand the logic. What is the benefit of deleting these threads that clearly people use regularly? Why not just let all threads die of natural causes?

 

...and by deleting I mean "closing down" or locking, or whatever you chose to call it.

 

Have you been following the Grape Lotion thread the last few weeks? That's what inspired this conversation.

 

hehe. divide and conquer..... i like it. "why Portland haze isnt juice whalez enough" or "how many cities now make better haze than Portland? 50? 200? "

 

Given how few members produce the vast majority of comments I’d prefer to avoid, the Ignore function has worked really well for me.