Why are there ads on the forums?

[robkelk]

I thought Bob was paying to avoid having ads in the forums, but I see Google ads beside the first posts in each thread.

So, shall we boycott whatever's advertised over there? ----->

Edit: Looking through some of the longer threads, I see it isn't just the first post that has an ad next to it now...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012