"... After all,if Home Distillers Forum with only 2738 members has 5 moderators along with Uncle Jesse(Dave) as the owner, I think we could have 4 Mods with over 7000 members between the 2 groups (although I know there are some redundancys) ..."
Good to see that our forum is setting the standard without stretching the statistics.
blanik
Simple potstiller. Slow, single run.
(50 litre, propane heated pot still. Coil in bucket condenser - No thermometer, No carbon) The Reading Lounge AND the Rules We Live By should be compulsory reading
No-one likes to actually count active members...I mean members who have posted more than once and in the last 60 days.....
You can tell how busy a site is by hits, but i think you're better off looking at posts per day
Some places need more moderators because they are either more tolerant (thus having people fudging the lines in a more severe way) or less tolerant and having thought police stalking people round the boards.
This site would probably slide into the more tolerant side, specially UJ, think i read a post by him somewhere to say he's never edited or deleted someone elses post?
Good being allowed the occasional swear word and a bit of colour anyway.
Just my opinion but I think this forum is the standard. I've browsed through some others on the subject and was mixed on what I saw. It all depends on your standards and what the poster/reader is looking for. The other forums seem to be what they would call "progressive" but I'd just call it liberal and IMO don't do the craft much justice. Folks have to realize that here the purpose is to advance the craft with informed craftsmen not just arm the masses with shoddy information which serves only to harm another hope of those (most) on this forum of one day having the art legalized. The Mods here have high standards for everything related to distilling, they may have some differing opinions, but that's ok also. I personally can't see myself joining any other forum on the topic even after being admonished for some of my gaffes here. I know it's all done in the right spirit and for the greater purpose.
15 gallon pot still, 2"x18" column with liebeg condensor on propane.
Modified Charles 803 w/ 50gal boiler, never ran so far.
lots of lookers, lots of small posters and mods that aren't on in the regularity that our mods are way to go for the distilling obsession forum, i mean homedistiller forum
Whiskey, the most popular of the cold cures that don't work (Leonard Rossiter)
trthskr4 wrote:Just my opinion but I think this forum is the standard.
Agreed!! I only go there to read Harry's posts, but I couldn't resist this bit of hyperbole.
blanik
Simple potstiller. Slow, single run.
(50 litre, propane heated pot still. Coil in bucket condenser - No thermometer, No carbon) The Reading Lounge AND the Rules We Live By should be compulsory reading
I found a couple of sites, but they don't compare at all. I'll stay here thank you very much.
Numerous 57L kegs, some propane, one 220v electric with stilldragon controller. Keggle for all-Grain, two pot still tops for whisky, a 3" reflux with deflag for vodka. Coming up, a 4" perf plate column. Life is short, make whisky and drag race!
Glad you guys enjoy the site and find it useful and reasonably friendly.
I've been running BBS type message boards since 1984 on my Commodore 64 so I've seen good mods and bad mods, good admins, great admins, horrible admins. I've also seen just about everything as far as problem users, trolls, spam, and so on. You name it...
I try to be pretty hands-off and let the boards evolve how the user base wants it to evolve. I've implemented a lot of user suggestions. It's true I've never deleted or edited a post other than spam. I don't like having enemies or having people out in the world with hard feelings toward me so I try to take the high road. Once in a while I'm pre-coffee and that situation may change however.
Instead of deleting posts I'm more inclined to harp on someone for being wrong (or for me perceiving them as being wrong) so that everyone can read the line of reasoning and decide who is right. I've been wrong more than once and have learned as much as any of you from these forums. Anyone who has been around a while knows I've been pretty quick to question the use of plastics in stills, for instance.
I like our mods because they're firm but tend to be hands-off like I am. They're good at organizing things and keeping things running smooth as well. But, they're ready to dish out a beating if they have to.
If only the best birds sang, the woods would be silent.
Uncle Jesse wrote:I like our mods because they're firm but tend to be hands-off like I am. They're good at organizing things and keeping things running smooth as well.
Yairrs, I spose they're orright.
blanik
Simple potstiller. Slow, single run.
(50 litre, propane heated pot still. Coil in bucket condenser - No thermometer, No carbon) The Reading Lounge AND the Rules We Live By should be compulsory reading
I like the UJ approach of not only doing the right thing but being seen to be doing the right thing.
Mods deleting posts only gives the other boards ammunition to back up their claims of censorship.
A public smack on the wrist when we do something wrong is a far better approach in my opinion, and as UJ says, let the masses decide who is right or wrong.
Cheers.
2"x38" Bok mini and
Pot still with Leibig on 45 litre boiler
tracker0945 wrote:I like the UJ approach of not only doing the right thing but being seen to be doing the right thing.
Mods deleting posts only gives the other boards ammunition to back up their claims of censorship.
A public smack on the wrist when we do something wrong is a far better approach in my opinion, and as UJ says, let the masses decide who is right or wrong.
HookLine wrote:What other English language forums are there besides here and the two Yahoo forums?
brewhaus.com runs a little tiny forum.
The distilling.com guy was making noises a while back about setting up a forum for commercially licenced micro and craft distillers, but I don't know if that ever came together.
"a woman who drives you to drink is hard to find, most of them will make you drive yourself."
anon--
My biggest problem with the Yahoo news groups is that everything is run together. You really have to have good search skills to find anything on there. (And a lot of the info is just dead wrong.)
It is the very things that we think we know, that keep us from learning what we should know.
Valved Reflux, 3"x54" Bok 'mini', 2 liebig based pots and the 'Blockhead' 60K btu propane heat
I read other sites and am a member of a few.But this forum is my distilling family.We may not all ways see eye to eye but this forum members have all ways held a high standard to their stillin.
You're never gonna get everyone to agree. I read some other forums for hobbies of mine once in a while but I don't take part in them. I use the good info they provide but the users don't seem as friendly a community of hobbyists.
If only the best birds sang, the woods would be silent.
well i guess i better voice my opinion on this subject. first of all by not deleting everything that you dont agree with brings about a discussion that usually results in proof that the idea is bad. therefore a leason is learned. as for the people on this forum i dont think you could find a better mix. there are many knowlegeable people in very different areas. some even specialist. i have learned almost everything from this forum and i thank each and every person who has posted because without the question we would never learn the answer. what i have not learned from this forum i learned from experiance. you can read every post here but if you dont run a still you will never learn to make whiskey. theory is great but eventually you have to get your feet wet. thank you to all.
