Originally Posted by gleff

Besides, I fully take Randy at his word that the current ads aren't a conscious direction he's wanted to go, he faults the ad agency for bringing the site to this point. As many have observed here, the ad campaigns that have been running are more often than not poorly targeted to the audience so the click-through rates are low. And he's said he's going to look into the whole thing, that he hadn't even really noticed since he surfs in ad-free mode.

Enough with the conspiracy theories. I think opinions have been heard in this (and other) thread(s).