What's with all the thread dredging?

[Paul_Luckin]

Thread dredging is a good thing - rather than start a dozen threads with the same subject matter, bringing back old ones and comparing prior comments/notes with current makes more sense

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[bob_parsons_alberta]

Thread dredging is a good thing - rather than start a dozen threads with the same subject matter, bringing back old ones and comparing prior comments/notes with current makes more sense

Brilliant.

And, we have new people join the forum over time. They can tag into the former discussion and renew it with some perspective too.

Exactly. I always write in>>>From the Archives

[Steve_Anderson]

I do admit that I occasionally roll my eyes after hitting Post 10 in a thread before realizing the posts are from 2015…that said, I am all for thread dredging to see the original perspectives on the thread, followed by the new. Nice for dredged tasting notes as well, to see how a wine may have changed over time. Perhaps if there was an icon to alert to a dredged post (for example, when a new post has been added to a thread that had not been updated for a year or more) it may be less annoying for some.

…He indicated that he does not participate much in the Wine Talk threads anymore as he feels so many topics have been hashed over for years and there is not much for him to add that he has not already posted in the past.

I understand this, but I’d say to that person “Think about the 100’s of folks who join the board every year and didn’t see your comments from 2009-2017” and give them the benefit of your knowledge. I’m still learning from this board after 11 years and appreciate all (ok, most) who post, even when some of the topics are repetitive. I don’t even mind the bi-weekly “Who Should I Visit in Napa” threads, as there is often a new recommendation or tidbit to be gleaned.

[Mark_C_Johnson]

Thread dredging is da bomb. He said from 1996.

[Markus_S]

It’s pretty funny reading an old thread, not realizing as you read that it’s an old thread, then coming across a reply from yourself, which is the moment you realize this is not a new thread and confirm that by looking at the posting date.

You read it with a mixture of curiosity and dread - I didn’t say something really stupid about this six years ago which I’m now going to regret, did I?

To the “everything has already been discussed several times” comment, I think (just speaking personally for myself) that it’s still interesting to have a new discussion about a same or similar topic a few years later. People’s thinking may have evolved, they may have had new experiences, some different voices might join the conversation. I rarely have the “oh brother, let’s not discuss this topic again” feeling around here, and on those rare occasions I do, I can just not read it. Though I can totally get how some others might feel otherwise.

And every year is a new vintage, so technically we’re not talking about the Same wines!

Well we’re all different people too aren’t we? Don’t all of the molecules in our bodies get replaced? So we may look like we did ten years ago, but we’re all new substance. So to our new selves, the topics are pretty exciting again.

And once you get past terroir, screw caps, mailing lists, the latest high-point wines, some Burgundy stuff, and modern vs traditional, what else is there to talk about?

Got a point there, seeing as we can’t talk about politics or religion.

[Victor_Hong]

As we all become older (if not dead), thread exhumation is evidence of ongoing mental recall…while it lasts.

[Brady_Daniels]

I occasionally revive very old threads that I find particularly interesting. Recently, I did so with a Jayer thread.

Anyway, waves hi to my future self, when this thread is dredged in 2022.

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

Thread dredging is a good thing - rather than start a dozen threads with the same subject matter, bringing back old ones and comparing prior comments/notes with current makes more sense