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ads are nothing but a nuisance.

Then just turn them off. I wouldn't think that would be such a difficult task for a coder. Never heard of Adblock?

But on my community forums these ads are placed by local businesses and offer a small revenue stream for our nonprofit, and are a source of local information for readers. We don't allow any flashing banners. I encourage our members not to turn them off.

Again, vb really needs a built-in well implemented ad system for those that want it. For those unfamiliar with ad blockers, I suppose an option to turn them off could be added in the UserCP.

Anyway, this topic has strayed way too far. The simple question "Why doesn't vb.org have advertising? Because we don't want to." has turned into some kind of bash fest against in-your-face advertising in general.