Last updated: 5 November 2026
Huw reads every comment
Comments under a Gist work like the letters page of a good paper. Huw reads every one before it goes up, and he chooses which to publish. Nothing appears on its own, and not every comment makes it, sometimes simply because a few others said the same thing.
What makes a good comment
- It's about the Gist it's under.
- It adds something: a story, a fact, a fair disagreement, a question.
- It's in your own words, and it's yours to share.
- It's short. 1,500 characters is the limit, but the best ones are often a few lines.
What won't go up
- Abuse, threats, or anything hateful about a person or a group.
- Claims about a real person or business that you can't back up. If it could be defamatory, we'll leave it out.
- Anyone's personal details, including your own: addresses, phone numbers, emails, private information.
- Spam, adverts, links to sell things, or the same comment sent twice.
- Anything illegal, or that breaks a court order.
- Pretending to be someone else.
Editing and taking comments down
- Huw may trim a comment for length or fix an obvious typo. He won't change what you meant.
- We may take a published comment down later, for example if it turns out to break these rules.
- You can take your own comment down at any time with the link in your receipt email.
- If you see a comment that breaks the rules, press Report under it, or email info@thegist.media. We look at every report.
- If someone keeps breaking the rules, we may stop accepting their comments.
- If a comment is complained about, we may contact you about it, and we may have to share your details if the law requires it.
Your words
Your comment stays yours. By sending it, you let The Gist publish it on this site, alongside the Gist, with your first name and the date. We may also quote it in the newsletter, a video or the podcast, credited to your first name. If you'd rather we didn't, say so in your comment. Once a comment has gone out in a newsletter, that copy can't be recalled.
Your comment is your own view. Publishing it doesn't mean The Gist agrees with it.
Your email
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Questions
Anything about a comment, yours or someone else's: info@thegist.media.