Once, in 2011, I started a thread asking for the winners of the HBT Homebrew Contest to share some of their tips. You know, things that wouldn't necessarily be included in a recipe. I thought I would be mining the heart and soul of the global homebrewing community. Information extraction. Well, I got a total of four replies to that thread. Four. This troubled me. Especially in light of the post count of some of the other threads. For example:
Soccer thread: 1754 posts. Really? One could synopsize the entire history of that sport with fewer words.
"What are you drinking now" thread: 22,102 posts. Not at all suprising, but 99.3% were drinking beer. Trust me.
"I loves the apfelwein" thread: 10,692 posts. I don't love it. Tried it though. Even posted in the thread. But let's continue.
"Wet shaving" thread: 1,625 posts. Think about that. Personal hygiene processes.
"Funny things you've overheard about beer" thread: 1,465 posts. Overheard being the operative term. Most posters here heard, rather than overheard, those comments. But that's splitting hairs. Oops, wrong thread.
And now I've forgotten the point I was trying to make. Dammit. Something about brewing and sharing information.
Soccer thread: 1754 posts. Really? One could synopsize the entire history of that sport with fewer words.
"What are you drinking now" thread: 22,102 posts. Not at all suprising, but 99.3% were drinking beer. Trust me.
"I loves the apfelwein" thread: 10,692 posts. I don't love it. Tried it though. Even posted in the thread. But let's continue.
"Wet shaving" thread: 1,625 posts. Think about that. Personal hygiene processes.
"Funny things you've overheard about beer" thread: 1,465 posts. Overheard being the operative term. Most posters here heard, rather than overheard, those comments. But that's splitting hairs. Oops, wrong thread.
And now I've forgotten the point I was trying to make. Dammit. Something about brewing and sharing information.