A sincere thank you.

[Swamp Thing 2099]

Thank you so much, Jonah, for what you've done here. It is a magnificent step in the right direction, and if the new CBR Community can be a bastion of light to the comics community as a whole, it would be remarkable. As someone who, under older user names, has struggled with victimization on the old forums in the past, I greatly appreciate it.

Thank you, Jonah, and to the men and women of CBR.

[Matt]

I'm pleased that you're open to change and appreciate what Jonah and the Admin team are trying to achieve!
Welcome aboard and let the good times roll!

[BaneofKings]

Yeah, this is an excellent move. Tired of seeing people who do nothing but complain so hopefully this should be a change for the better.

[Charles Knight]

I think it's a great signal to sent.

[Blankzilla]

I just joined because of today's announcement. It is an excellent attitude and deserves to be supported.

[Fearghaill]

I just joined because of today's announcement. It is an excellent attitude and deserves to be supported.

you took the words right out of my mouth

fairly literally

[Jared H]

I just joined because of today's announcement. It is an excellent attitude and deserves to be supported.

Hey, Blank! I know you from Penny Arcade(Sagroth over there). Nice to have you swing by!

[Radjack]

I've never been this excited for a reboot on something comic related! I hope everyone pitches in to make CBR the best comic forum around!

[Hero]

And we're back up and running!

[Pinsir]

Fire is purity!

Seriously though:

Unfortunately, what happened next was unacceptable -- so-called "fans" around the Internet, on various message boards and social media, including the CBR Forums, attacked Janelle personally, threatening her with rape and assault. These same "fans" found her e-mail, home address and other personal information, and used it to harass and terrorize her, including an attempted hacking of her bank account.

Why?

[Mbast1]

you can't stop that completely without becoming some sort of tyrant

I actually don't have a problem with that. If the owners want to control their fora, good on them. And this is from someone who, on the old DC boards, could be quite heated in discussions. It's getting out of control, and if people want to limit what vitriol others spew, fine. Good on them.

[cgh]

My main issue before was the inconsistent moderation when people openly insulted creators ("hack", "destroyed <insert name of character here>", "disgusting", etc.) In certain forums, action was only taken after it had crossed into profanity and wishes of death or whatever. Often these remarks were posted by people who proudly proclaimed they bought no comics because "all modern comics suck". In other cases, it was obvious the mod(s) at least somewhat sympathised with their discontent and let it slide.

I belong to only one other online community, one concerned with computer programming. If someone joined, announced they didn't write software because "all programming languages suck" and proceeded to tell everyone why the creators of Haskell were idiots, they'd be banned so quickly that most people wouldn't even see their posts.

But around here, such posts were often tolerated and punished with at most temporary bans. Hopefully these black holes of negativity will be kept away this time.

[FLEX HECTIC]

Now that all the evidence of my past TROLL behavior is dispelled with an acquittal is sure to be handed down from the grand jury!


Thanks Jonah... You are so BOSS right now that I put you in my five!


1. Stan Lee

2. Jack "King" Kirby

3. Bob Kane

4. Alan Moore

5. That Dude Named Jonah


This is comic books and Jonah just became an urban legend by pulling the plug and rebooting the whole thing!


Every man has a moment where he can leave a mark on the world and Jonah just did it real BIG with this power move!


Think about when you thought about pulling the fire alarm at school or ordering a pizza to a fake address or running out naked on the field during the Super Bowl but did not have the guts to do it!


Now imagine 100,000 plus members being emotionally affected by just one move that you do... Just the thought of it gives me tingles inside!


Jonah can I do the next reboot... Just pretend like I bought out CBR in some hostile corporate takeover and I'll wear a Darth Vader cape just to add a teensy bit of cosplay and blow things up again!


This is so Doctor Doom and I can't believe people don't get it on a subatomic molecular level... It doesn't count though if you didn't do it with a diabolical laugh so please tell me that you cackled madly at 0.0 hour!


Jonah For The Win!!!

[West]

My main issue before was the inconsistent moderation when people openly insulted creators ("hack", "destroyed <insert name of character here>", "disgusting", etc.) In certain forums, action was only taken after it had crossed into profanity and wishes of death or whatever. Often these remarks were posted by people who proudly proclaimed they bought no comics because "all modern comics suck". In other cases, it was obvious the mod(s) at least somewhat sympathised with their discontent and let it slide.

I belong to only one other online community, one concerned with computer programming. If someone joined, announced they didn't write software because "all programming languages suck" and proceeded to tell everyone why the creators of Haskell were idiots, they'd be banned so quickly that most people wouldn't even see their posts.

But around here, such posts were often tolerated and punished with at most temporary bans. Hopefully these black holes of negativity will be kept away this time.

You don't have to be a five star chef to critique a meal son

Peope have a right to constructive criticism or an opinion

[Sundowhn]

I think this is a big step in the right direction. The X-Men forums had become more like something you had to brace yourself to endure, rather than anything enjoyable. Well done CBR!