Alright haters, guess what, my opinions are real whether or not you like them. I'm not being hypocritical if I simply state the true fact that I don't visit the OP of this thread since the advert appeared. Second, whether or not I'm hypocritical has nothing to do with my question about whether op is now getting paid by bitcointalk and advertising on bitcointalk. Most of us have to abide by the rules of no paid external ads in threadspace. If staff is allowed to break them and staff decides who gets an exception, that is a conflict of interest. OK, please continue to heap your hatred on me. I'm ready 
Someone disagreeing with you does not mean hate, no need for this martyr act here. The process of how the OP got a permission to publish the ad is well known and the rest of it is just your conjecture. How is it paid by bitcointalk and which part of your other post was asking that question? As far as I can see you only said the OP should be updated more often because it has an ad in it, but now I have to ask - why do you even care if you're not visiting it?