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Originally Posted by Administrator
Ads, unfortunately are a reality. They pay the bills. However, if you are signed in as a registered member (totally free) you see much less advertising. In addition, if you decide to become a premium member (which lets face it, is a nominal fee) you see no advertising except the supporting vendor banners and one google adsense banner at the top.
Obviously this place will remain free to everyone who wishes to not pay. However, I don't think it is unfair to show advertising to cover the expenses of the site.
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I find it offensive that an administrator (company) etc. has crippled this site with "In your face" advertising and then justifies that action by issuing a pay us and we will make it better comment. You can display the advertisements on the bottom or side of the page. Instead, you have made a deliberate and annoying attempt to drive away the faithful members hoping that a few guinea pigs will help pay the bills on top of the advertising campaign. If it were not deliberate, I could display useful information, on any page, without first having to scroll down off bottom of the page to find the true content.
Use the ads all you want to fund the site, but move them out of the way of the information that brought us here in the first place.
