I'm tired of the inanity. For the foreseeable future 90% of my articles will have the commenting turned off. Maybe one of those extra subscription only features available when JoeUser goes alpha will be the ability to subject readers to a quiz before they are allowed to comment. (Good idea, Brad!) I'd like to make sure you a) actually read and comprehended the article, and have an I.Q. above 12. I can think of several of my fellow JUsers the latter would exclude.

        How refreshing this will be. No more staying up, anxiously tracking an article's progress, hoping beyond hope someone might comment. No more being disappointed that the article it took me months thinking about, days to research, and hours to write went totally uncommented on, despite being read hundreds of times. No more fearing reading my own blog because I didn't know what commenting stupidity would be coming next. Think of it -- I'll no longer care when a carefully researched and written article gets 3 comments while the latest illiterate screed gets 60-100 comments.

        Breath deep the blessed air of freedom!

        If you can't handle that and no longer want to read my articles as a result -- good riddance.

        P.S. -- I give it a week tops before I get frustrated at not having any feedback. What do you think?