I singed up to CBR back in 2005 and had under a thousand posts so it does not hit me like it is a lot of others. I understand both parties and the old forums should stay in a archive.

Looks like they're going the way of Gallifrey Base - Over-moderation. Anything considered "rude," will be deleted. You can't even call someone a "hack" because it's rude.

Hopefully they find a balance. I'm sure most of us can handle someone being rude.

I was never a member of GB ... is that the one you had to register for to be able to read?

Too bad; nothing kills a discussion board more than over-moderation. There's a really sweet spot you need to operate in order to build a decent community, where you don't let trolls and spammers run amok, but also don't moderate with such a heavy hand that it stifles conversation.

I looked in on the CBR forums yesterday and it looks like they've already banned a bunch of people (who just signed up) and closed a number of threads.

This is going to be a trainwreck.

Wow, I've been watching the CBR thing a bit. The creator of the site has been posting and I can't believe how thin skinned they are. I just noticed this when someone made an analogy about them wiping the entire board because of a minority of really terrible people.

So then users started throwing out things saying "Would this be bannable?" Because really, right now it seems anything that a single person on the planet could find offensive is bannable...which could be anything. The site admin posted this and then locked the thread:

Yeah, this will end well.

Yep. That's the one.

When they start throwing the ban hammer around for even questioning them there are going to be issues and people will leave. I've been to forums that anytime a little debate started someone would lock or delete the topic. Seriously! I'm sure we can handle others options without falling apart.

I doubt I would have any direct issues with the new rules so it's more about how it affects the place as a whole. I've been to forums where I never felt relaxed to post because they had this general vague way of almost having to find a topic worthy. Just let people talk, relax without having to overthink it.

Or, oh, if you want to talk about that subject go to the vague thread with the wrong title on page fifteen post twenty one and page one hundred and ninety fine of that post. -_-

I understand the ignoring and dealing with it in private. However the way it's worded is so heavy handed.

Comic book fans are very opinionated and passionate about their favorite characters. Go on 4chan's comics forum and you'll see what fully unleashed fans are about.