Several months ago I shut down the comments sections of Gribbit’s Word. I did so because at that time there was no effective way to police these comments. That has now all changed.

I have deployed a couple of plugins for WordPress which allow me to control who has access to comments. I do this not because I wish to control speech, but rather I wish to control those who wish to control my site. Those on the left side of the spectrum who have a habit of hijacking comments and still others who would use a forum that I pay for in order to attack me claiming freedom of speech. NEWSFLASH If I have to pay for the privilege of speech on this forum, speech is no longer free.

If you have a desire to comment here that’s fine but there are a few little rules that you MUST adhere to. Commenters, you must…

1. provide a link to a website or blog that YOU OWN (group sites and diary blogs DO NOT QUALIFY);
2. be respectful;
3. keep your comments pithy;
4. confine your comments to the topic at hand;
5. refrain from personal attacks;
6. keep your comment PG rated;

All comments are held for moderation until the commenter has had at least one comment approved.

All comments are restricted to 1,500 characters in length (subject to change without notice). So use your characters wisely. Not enough? Too bad. Twitter is only 140 characters. Complain about it over there.

Posts older than 5 days are closed to comments.

Keep in mind one truth that is beyond discussion. This website is about what I (Gribbit) think. I couldn’t care less about what you think. So if you get the wild idea that I do, you are fooling yourself. I don’t give a rat’s ass what you think nor do I care to debate you about anything. With this in mind, if you choose to leave a comment, make sure said comment adheres strictly to the rules or it will be sent to spam.

Unedited commenting, free of all commenting restrictions, is available on this site in exchange for a small fee. Anyone willing to purchase unedited commenting privilege may do so at the everyday low price of $5 Million per month[1]. Keep in mind, the purchase price is only for unabated commenting for the subscribed term and does not include the ability to post.

Posting will be considered with a generous non-refundable and non-binding contribution to Gribbit’s Word of $1 Billion. If accepted as an unrestricted poster, the subscription fee will be $15 Million per month[2] and includes unedited commenting privileges[3].

Everyone else will be subject to editing (if needed) by the site owner – ME. As stated above, if I am required to pay for the privilege of posting my opinion on this forum, everyone[4] else will as well – at a premium.

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If you have previously been identified as a troll, your request will not be honored. So don’t even try.

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References and/or Footnotes:
1. Commenting Privilege is limited to a subscription period. New subscriptions require a minimum 60 month agreement with full advanced payment required. After the initial 60 month period, subscriber may continue on a “month to month” basis with full advanced payment due prior to the start of each subsequent month. Additional conditions may apply. Full payment for the entire subscription period is required to be paid in full, in advance of the subscription period and is non-refundable. [↩]
2. Posting Privilege is limited to a subscription period. New subscriptions require a minimum 60 month agreement with full advanced payment required. After the initial 60 month period, subscriber may continue on a “month to month” basis with full advanced payment due prior to the start of each subsequent month. Additional conditions may apply. Full payment for the entire subscription period is required to be paid in full, in advance of the subscription period and is non-refundable. [↩]
3. Only on posts submitted by Posting Subscriber. [↩]
4. Site owner reserves the right to invite guest writers and grant unrestricted comments to any individual he wishes without fee [↩]