where do you think the funds to contribute for "ease of browsing" comes from? Not to mention, we rejected the request for expandable ads to be put on the forum page.

There is a close button on the ad in order to close it. There is a whole bunch of other sites out there who use similar (if not more in your face) advertisements, yet, it would seem that only here there is a never ending barrage of complaints.

I don't see it as asking too much for a site that doesn't charge, doesn't collect, and is only funded by ads (and a large hole in my pocket)