CBM has grown from a site that a fan of comic book movies created to post news where he could find them to one of the biggest sources for scoops on these types of film, and one with a huge community. Movie sites like joblo and cinemablend use your news, comicbookresources does as well and even bleedingcool doesn't escape it. But CBM needs to grow up to be all that it can.
And by grow up I mean not having News on the main page that aren't, articles filled with errors and without a minimum search of information to support them ('The Redacted'... My God.) and not being permissive with lack of education.
For every good article I read in this site, a couple of scrolls down lead me to name-calling, most of the time for no reason. Things like faggot and cocksucker can be found in almost every comment section. Now, I realize that most of the users are teenagers (I can only hope) which partially justifies the way they act, but if this site is to be taken seriously then the kids need to be grounded. Instead of a meaningless Hall of Shame, which none of those there present really care about, apply temporary and permanent bans to teach a lesson to those that need one. I'm not saying every one that uses profanity or hates on a movie aggressively like grif should be banned immediately but those that offend others without minimum care are a whole different story. And while we're on the name-calling issue, is the irony lost on users getting named "Mean Bullies" for doing it but the Hall of Shame itself has the category called "Annoying Wankers", doing exactly what it is condemning. Take the high road, people.
Also, the articles posted by members of the site should always be edited and carefully looked at by the site administrators so this site doesn't look so amateurish, every one can help but the professionalism is maintained.
What's your opinion on this and do you people have other ideas to improve the site?
CBM Insert: Thanks for your interest in improving CBM. We appreciate your readership and the time you took to post your opinions. Obviously we are an acquired taste for some who are used to the common cookie cutter news sites out there, but let me just point out that the REASON we are as big as we are (and quoted by so many other industry leaders) is the fact that we ARE different. No other entertainment news site is completely user-generated by the fans. No other site this big is as FREE and unmoderated either. Which is why we even allow critical articles like THIS on the site at all. Do you think Superherohype would allow an article about how much they suck? No. We don't WANT to be like every other entertainment news site. We don't claim to be anything but what we are, a site run by the fans. Lots of sites make that claim, but who is really backing that up? We are. And yeah, that means that not every article is going to be Shakespeare, but we get the news and scoops faster than anybody else, and we have more creative stuff going on here than anyplace else. That is why we are popular, and our community is as large as it is. Think about that for a moment. And then realize that CBM is the most awesome site on the Internet. - Galactus