I didn't say it would be better with ads, but rather that it would be different.
I'd say that would be a distinction without a difference.
I'm thinking about perhaps a Trending Boards list instead.
I'm thinking about eliminating it altogether, since it is USELESS. Form follows function, and the FUNCTION of a message board is to allow space for MESSAGES.
What about the rest of the functionality you eliminated with one press of a button? How tiny will we have to make images for them to display? Or should we just put that stuff on Scribd now? And go elsewhere for quotes, time and sales, news and the like?
Stupid, stupid, stupid.