Regarding TwoPlusTwo, they asked us for a monthly payment to continue answering questions on their forum and they did not accept Bitcoin.
That's to have your own self-moderated forum. Anyone is allowed to post on the site for free. There are tons of sites that have representatives that post on 2p2 that haven't paid to have their own self-moderated forum. If they told you differently you should post those emails, it would cause a ton of outrage and improve your standing.
This is correct. 2+2 rep clarifies here: