theymos is a human being, he needs money just like anybody else (unless he is satoshi ,) i suppose the forum is his full-time job, who would work for free? would you ?  also you are enjoying the forum for free, i suppose you have no idea how much it cost to keep this shit up and running, so if we as members don't pay for it , who will ? somebody has to fund the forum so why are you whining? go ahead make a similar forum ads-free and invite it us, we will leave theymos alone here.