After some thought and a month away from the thing, I’ve decided to bring the comment of the week back with a prize to whoever gets chosen. It is true that the last few winners never reached out to get their free goody, but that’s not a good enough reason to scrap it.
While we ran the award, the engagement was excellent. It’s tailed off a bit, and that’s disappointing. Debate is what we’re all about. I observed some excellent and often extensive debates that uncovered plenty of interesting opinions and analyses. If offering a free gift as an incentive encourages that, I’m all in.
Beginning today, we are rebooting the Comment of the Week award.
This new iteration will attempt to do things a bit differently. I will try my best to pick one comment each day (a comment of the day).
Beginning on Monday morning, the 15th (Tax Day!), the Grok will publish the daily selections, and you, dear readers and commenters, will have two days to vote for that week’s winner.
We will announce the winner on Wednesday Morning and ask them to contact me so I can send them some Grok gear as a reward.
The good news is that I’ve got enough “stuff” on hand to run this for at least the next 24 weeks. With your assistance, we will have not just great comments but two dozen winners. When September rolls around, we’ll consider extending it to the end of the year.
Good luck to everyone and let’s get commenting!
