I think you will find the forums on UKRGB are only moderated in extreme
cases of personal abuse as the originator and most members generally
regard free speech and opinions important. It only became neccessary to
log in and identify oneself on the forums recently after a hijacking
attempt.
From being a regular user of UKRGB I have never had the impression that
it is commercially led and over several years of use I have never felt
the need to click on a commercial link. If you can't use the forum
without clicking on adverts then you obviously have a problem. They are
unobtrusive to the main use of the pages.

SatNav wrote:
"Kegs" wrote in message
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"SatNav" writes:

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On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:43:42 +0100, JH
wrote:

Does anything ever happen in this group, or are you all down with Davy
Jones?

Discussion has migrated to url:http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk


The above fake little dialogue is designed to divert gullible usenet
users
to a commercial page.

Bing! Wrong, UKRGB is a free site, with free discussion boards, and
free access to the river guides, which are contributed by the readership.

Ads and selling stuff like t-shirts are about the only ways to pay for
the, non-negligable, overheads of running a popular site like that,
without
directly charging the end-users.


My point precisely, UKRGB depends on advertising revenue to keep going. You
know what happens when your website depends financially on someone?

Even if they don't overtly call the shots, you make sure you don't upset
them. Freedom of speech goes out the window etc. etc.

This by contrast is a free AND independent NG. I regret if people post
here, announcing that 'discussion has migrated' to a commercially funded web
site.

The motivation is obvious - adverts fetch more the more hits your site gets.