Unless valleywag changed their post, I see nothing wrong with what they posted there. In fact, the above reply is more inflammatory. That said, the reversal to

Unless valleywag changed their post, I see nothing wrong with what they posted there. In fact, the above reply is more inflammatory. That said, the reversal to a payed model seems fine to me. It even sets a good example for the rest of us who have sites where payed is the way to go for them.