So, what's it going to take?!

I personally think allowing (constructive) comments to the ISO:FT section will eliminate the need for this Help section. Just my .02.​

EDIT: Eliminate the "So what's it going to take" threads, not the overall Help section

 

Those threads can really be helpful in certain situations, especially when there's no way to tell if the swaps being suggested in ISO:FT ever get completed - and that's really the only other way to gauge a beer's realistic "value." But, the "what's it gonna take?" threads do often tend to turn into ISO threads before any real advice is offered by anyone.

So ultimately I guess I vote that you nuke 'em. As long as you don't limit the ISO posts per week, so that people can just keep posting and let the crickets do the talking.

 

Maybe create its own category, that can only be seen when you click on the category. That way the only way you read them is by choice, not on the random roll of new posts.

 

If the ISO:FT forum is kept no-replies, I don't see what other recourse people have to gauge what an equitable-seeming trade is, short of brute-force spamming the ISO:FT forum with different permutations of bottles and seeing what sticks.

 

Just add a stock ticker, but with beer "value"...

 

Many also recognize how helpful comments can be.

Sure, extra work would be required. But a little elbow grease is necessary if you want to maintain and grow a great service (like BA). Right?

If you to run an ISO:FT forum with no comments, people will try to subvert the system to get trade feedback etc. (as you're seeing with these "What's it going to take?" threads).