And, speaking as someone who wasn't a part of that, maybe the feeling of CBR Forums 2.0 (or whatever update this is) want to completely avoid that type of atmosphere? Nobody should have to "prove" they have enough attitude to hang with a bunch of ball-busters, even if it really isn't done viciously?
(Just a guess, since I'm not a moderator.)
Nobody did have to. There were enough fun threads that weren't appreciation or reviews that X-Men fans not interested in X-Cres could meet and hang with people on those. But now there's really not a lot of potential or freedom to make new ones.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all."