Advertising is one thing. Advertising that is intrusive is quite another.

On this screen alone I see three ads: top banner ad, right banner ad, and ads in the threads themselves. Very disruptive.

There are plenty of other bulletin board sites that fund themselves through advertising and don't have this low-usability component built in.

I also agree with RichardinSF, the responses by admins here have left a little to be desired....