ANNOUNCEMENT: No "Beat Galactus" Quiz Tonight - Instead, a VERY Special Episode of...MEET THE MANAGEMENT

Cool stuff guys. I may help ya out if I can. All the haters will be out in full tonight.

Big G you should have played volstagg! that beard is epic

But anyone criticizing better have their facts straight, and the convo should be respectful. Most of our haters have an incorrect understanding of how this site works. That is why I put that short breakdown in the yellow blockquote above.

Acidic. You can see it now? What changed?

Do you really get that much hate? I mean, if they really have a problem with you or how the site works why are they here in the first place?

nate looks like stanley tucci

batz, hahaha!

thats great batz

MisterNiceGuy,
You'd be surprised how much hate being #1 gets you. It's usually irrational, and comes out of the lemming mind-set that people must dislike "the man". Our biggest haters are usually disgruntled contributors who don't understand how things work around here, and expect their articles to be fronted when they are riddled with errors or just plain uninteresting. A lot of that type are paranoid and jump to false conclusions that the volunteer editors are out to get them.

That is why I'm doing these "Meet the Management" chats in order to combat false information, and help those who truly want to improve and gain privileges on the site to do so.

Galactis
I hear ya. Although there is 1 editor that i find to be a bit immature and rude at times. But that is neither here nor there. Calander works fine btw.

You know, this is pretty cool of these guys. Willingly taking heat from us users, who don't pay a dime for our accounts, and just shrugging it off to allow us to blow our steam directly to them. Get your Galaxy Note's out, and take note, this is probably on of the best things management can do. It only strengthens the bonds between the "higher-ups" and us "regular" people. VERY admirable.

you guys don't have to do this shit and the fact that you are speaks volumes. to that I say...hand jobs for the both of you...tea and yoss have supple palms.

Hey! What about MY stare?!! I call it "Magnum". Or maybe I'll change that to "Adamantium".

I never thought of that, but yes. Nate bears a resemblance to Mark Strong. Although, unlike Mark, Nate only plays good guys.

I'm using chrome and can see the calendar fine. Keep piping in with your browser type if you CANNOT see the calendar.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/community/calendar/

hahahaha helll naw how do we know if he is old though my goodness benjamin button!!!

Why do I think this is gonna turn into a bloodbath?

So much has happened since 2008

Oh man, wish I could be there for the unintentional comedy, but I have to work.

Equivocal,
Be sure to remind me of those questions in the chat, but an answer to both of those is that we don't want unnecessary drag on the server for unnecessary features. Is it really so hard to just reference a previous post when you comment in yours? Why break the flow of the string? And why is it so important to "thumbs up" or down a comment when you can just praise it (or bash it) with WORDS. I guess some people are just used to YouTube and Facebook, but we don't have millions to spend on extra servers to cover the extra load that those things take.

Been coming to CBM since 2007, and continue to do so a few times a day.

I wont be able to make the chat, lecture at school will keep me preoccupied :( I do however have a question for you Big G.

What is your stance on some of the major spoilers that get posted on the main page. Sometimes the title of an article is the spoiler with no alert what so ever. An example could be something like the zombie Shane picture during season 2 of The Walking Dead being posted days before the actual airing. As an avid comic book reader it really came as no shock to myself (saw it coming miles away), but I recommend this site to my friends who aren't as keen on the reading material. This makes both myself and this site look bad.

This happens with comic previews and other sources as well. I read a title on the main page and all of a sudden I know the surprising conclusion to a comic I was looking forward to reading the following week. I am aware that this site is all about keeping fans informed of coming events, but I believe that there has to be a better way to let the reader decide on what they want to read or see for a spoiler. Is there a system in place to monitor these pictures and titles? Do some editors just not care? Sometimes I feel like the author of the article is just being lazy with their titles to get people to read the said article.

Again none of this has deterred me from coming here quite often, and I will continue to do so. Keep up the good work!

GALACTUS INSERT: To answer this question you first need to understand that this site is 100% user-generated--and is EXACTLY what the average visitors to this site WANT to see and hear. I myself do very little writing any more except for the odd editorial, announcement and contest copy. The breaking news, pics, video, everything is supplied by you guys.

Having said that, I am responsible for the top story focus, and yes I have taken heat for some headlines and pictures up there. BUT... I am of the opinion that there are too many ideas about WHAT a spoiler is, and since I can't guess who is going to be offended, I simply use my own judgement and let the chips fall where they may.

Let's take your example... The zombie Shane pic that I posted in the top story to promote another user's article... In that instance, the episode had already aired the night before (you can check that out on the wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20120313140609/http://www.comicbookmovie.com/). So, your accusation is incorrect. So in my mind, that is not even a spoiler, yet I got a lot of flak for that because the show is a week behind in the UK. But what would you have me do? Post only week old news? I don't think so.

Bottom line really is that it is simply too hard to guess what different people consider spoilers, and to control what everybody posts and how they post it. My rule is simple. We are a breaking news site first. If it's news, post it. And there is nothing wrong with a littl hyping the "good bits" in the top story. Every contributor to this site is going to have their own sensitivities about spoilers, so they can post that stuff however they want to. That is what I think works best. After all, what are you doing here if you don't want ALL the comic book movie news?

I'll try to be there for this awesome sh*t show! If not, everyone have fun!

@Jim, you and I locked horns last week over that Woodley debacle. I called you out and you shot me with a lightning bolt.....but you didn't ban me. Most senior editors would have banned me. So for that you get cool points. :)

GALACTUS INSERT: I really do try to NOT get rid of anyone who adds to the fun of the site. Only the dicks who are constantly trashing us, and in the case of those CBC supporters, USING CBM to get traffic while insulting and bashing us. I appreciate that you chilled out when I said you were on thin ice. I'm really not a bad guy, and can take a helluvalotta crap before I dump somebody.

He didn't even delete any of my comments! I've been on sites where a flame war broke out and whole threads were deleted and swaths of posters banned. So for Jim to just take me over his knee for a minute and call it a day shows character. He's definitely earned respect from me.

Thanks Hawk!