Soooo, the CBR forums, widely known as a dudebro cesspit wherein comics are sometimes discussed,
have just been rebooted after years of accumulated posts. Per the article linked, this was prompted largely by the vitriolic response on the forums to someone critiquing a comics cover a couple of weeks ago. Specifically, a woman critiquing a comics
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But getting rid of the old forums entirely? I don't know. Maybe simply locking them would've been better. I'm also glad they have a new zero tolerance policy for bigotry, but I'll wait to see how the policies are enforced. In the past I've seen horribly sexist and racist statements go untouched by the mods, whereas comments calling out the bigotry have been deleted for being 'off topic.'
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If you want any of that stuff, now is the time to get it.
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I'm hoping they just lock the old forum and leave it as read-only.
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