Some people have other important things to do in life than just hanging around in a messageboard. And while he is (certainly not) pestering his family and friends, you are pestering the board as usual. ;-) Not sure what is better...
As for the ads, Damaj would need to be totally retarded if he ran ads over and over again for months in newspapers which don't bring in more than they cost. It's easy to track the success of ads, so it should be a no-brainer to quickly cull the less lucrative ad placements. During the last CC Damaj and the CFO emphasized frequently how they now have enough data to do more targeted ads.
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