Thin end of the wedge?

[rrmrd66]

Morning everyone

I have found this banner headline upon opening up MECH today.

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thin end of the wedge?

Cheers

Malcolm

[joanlluch]

I got that same exact banner several (many) times in the past, including several years ago. By subscribing to that the proboards system will no longer show advert banners to you, but it's just that. I don't find the banners particularly obtrusive and I am happy with them being displayed to me. I don't think this means anything particular. I think it has been like that since long ago (years). There's even a permanent link reading "Click here to remove banner ads from this forum" on the bottom of the page, that has been always there. I suppose they finance the forums with both banner adds from advertisers and remove-ads subscriptions from end users, although oddly enough, most of the banners are from their own.

Joan