We need some folks to take a breath, take a step back and re-read the
CBR Community Standards & Rules.
Contrary to the occasional rumor about power hungry Moderators, we do not like having to edit and/or delete posts, and we like it even less when we have to Ban posters who are otherwise solid contributors to the forums.
In the past 12 hours I have had to request bans for five posters, and several more of you are walking a fine line.
Whether you love or hate the prior work of the Finches or the current work of Azzarello and Chiang, you still need to stick to the rules, specifically:
1. No insults. This includes broad 'everyone who thinks this way is an idiot' type of posts. People will have opinions that differ from yours. Respect the posters and the opinions and discuss things like a mature comic book geek or risk being shown the door.
2. That goes double for insulting creators. Any personal commentary about the creators will be deleted and a ban will be requested. There is absolutely no reason to get personal about people you have never met over how they draw a character or what their writing resume looks like. If you don't like the artistic style or you find the writing to not be to your taste? That's fine to discuss. However, you are not to draw conclusions about the people behind the work based off of your opinion of it.
3. Pay attention to the public warnings. This has been the biggest problem for me over the past 24 hours. If we post warnings, we will back them up with ban requests. For example, in the 'Finch Wish List' thread there is a warning NOT to post anything along the lines of 'a short run on the book.' Yet lo and behold, I get up this morning and find that exact thing posted just a few messages after the warning. Warnings are there for a reason and if we don't reinforce them, they're pointless. I'd much rather we not have to post them in the first place, but once they're there, heed them well.
4. Repeating negativity is getting out of hand, especially the snarky one liners. No one is saying you can't have a negative opinion about something, but if you do, discuss it, don't just snipe. Those one liners are often the very definition of trolling which is banned on these forums.
Let's keep this place friendly and posts constructive so that we don't have to spend our mornings hacking/slashing/deleting posts while the tea grows cold
Thank you!