Again, I disagree
This is just my opinion: if it's a choice between a board that sucks up to advertisers, or no board at all, it's easy -- no board at at all.
Of course, it's not my money. But I wouldn't bother tho read this board if it were any other way. I'm sure many other posters and lurkers feel the same way.
Then you should offer to buy UG from Slinky make this your own board.
Let's see how many lurkers will be reading a board where there are just 4 or 5 guys posting.
Of course, you can create a bunch of aliases and talk to yourself. Like some people do in here already. But how long you can keep up with that?
The fact of you and others want to "preserve" the public part of UG without sucking up to advertisers has put UG in coma...in limbo.
Is not enough that you have your private all boys board to discuss, praise, bash etc, whoever you want? You need to impose the same modus operandi to the public?
The hobby has CHANGED...is not what used to be 10 years ago and it will be much different 10 years from now. A board that sticks to the "bad boy style" is not in fashion anymore because there are way more educated, intelligent women in the sex industry, participating, posting and also supporting different places. And they have zero tolerance for the hobby bullies.
They will not fight you and give you ammunition, they just go someplace else to spend their hard earned dollars. UG is not the only game in town, there are other options for them.
Years ago, the hobby was an underground world...today is out there in the open and global!
So you wanted or not, a board to survive these days will need, to a certain point, suck up to their advertisers.
But, what do I know? Is not my board either BUT I have a love for UG, reason I am still here