Open discussion about the future of the BF forums

[Jim French Stepstool]

2 hours ago, brewers4eric said:

I've been a member for twenty years but I rarely post.  I used to follow a Brewers forum linked to the Journal Sentinel site but the sniping was out of control.  One of the posters wanted to hang on to Lyle Overbay and trade Prince Fielder for Shea Hillenbrand and Daenys Baez.  That was the end of that forum for me.  

But one of the Brewerfan founders had posted a link at the JS site to a discussion on the merits of Wes Helms.  I followed the link and I was hooked.  I visit the site each day and am one of the biggest fans of the Minor League forum.  The site has made me a better fan of the Brewers.  

It's time to wake up and smell the tailgate.  Go Brewers.  

So, what was the verdict on Helms? Asking for a friend.😛

[brewerralph]

This is my go to forum. You have improved this forum tremendously. I understand at times there is not a lot of information out there ,but when it comes out this sight has it.

[edfunderburk]

I’m super grateful for the improved site & I love the forums - particularly the IGTs. I also highly value the minor league daily summaries & the Transaction Rumors & Proposals (mostly in the offseason).

I also enjoy reading the articles written by BREWERS fans … I don’t appreciate OR read articles written by fans of other teams. 

Thanks to Brock & his team for keeping Brewers fans well informed with a top shelf website for Brewers baseball Fanatics!

[craigharmann]

Bring back Lou Palsmo and Bill Hall!! That will get the discussion going!

[CheezWizHed]

18 hours ago, craigharmann said:

Bring back Lou Palsmo and Bill Hall!! That will get the discussion going!

Brock did (after great confusion) agree to rename the "😂" icon for responding to a post "WHOA SOLVDD" as a tip of the hat to some of the classics BF forum threads!

[TURBO]

1 hour ago, CheezWizHed said:

Brock did (after great confusion) agree to rename the "😂" icon for responding to a post "WHOA SOLVDD" as a tip of the hat to some of the classics BF forum threads!

Which in my opinion is way outdated, and I'd guess that more than half of the current posters have no idea what that even is or means.  

It truly seems clicky, and I'd much rather just have the icon be for laughing...

Now, get off my lawn!

[CheezWizHed]

11 hours ago, TURBO said:

Which in my opinion is way outdated, and I'd guess that more than half of the current posters have no idea what that even is or means.  

It truly seems clicky, and I'd much rather just have the icon be for laughing...

Now, get off my lawn!

Then use it for "laughing"... I do.  

[bigred]

On 4/30/2024 at 4:46 PM, TURBO said:

Imo, and I could be way off base here, the reason the IGT threads are not very active is because a couple of posters who made things "interesting" have pretty much left.  The posters I speak of usually had very different takes on things, which caused a lot of petty arguing, etc.  One in particular usually stirred things up to the point of making each IGT probably 3 or 4 pages longer than it would be without him, hence, the shorter IGT threads.  Again, this is just an observation and opinion.

I also believe that another reason the IGT has less traffic is because the posters who have felt the need to police it have turned off some of the regulars from the past.  I know this for a fact, but it is what it is.

Amen

[bigred]

Personally, I'd like to see a laugh emoji option added. There's one for sad and "blah", why not a laughing face? 

[Samurai Bucky]

6 hours ago, bigred said:

Personally, I'd like to see a laugh emoji option added. There's one for sad and "blah", why not a laughing face? 

We could have a facepalm one, too... 🤦‍♂️

[bigred]

5 hours ago, Samurai Bucky said:

We could have a facepalm one, too... 🤦‍♂️

Absolutely. Good point. 

[Baldkin]

On 5/2/2024 at 3:46 PM, Jim French Stepstool said:

So, what was the verdict on Helms? Asking for a friend.😛

Huge winner. Carried us to the playoffs in 2008.