I hear ya... didn't succeed that way, I couldn't name the company if I had to, and of course I would never buy something marketed that way... but I doubt that he cares. He's undoubtedly getting a few cents for every page "visit".

Sooo... we're being exploited, and someone who's paying for the web page "advertising" is being cheated as well, which is the real point of what he's done.

It's not possible to lock anyone out of the forums without somehow compromising their anonymity (else they just come back under another ID). That anonymity here is something I take advantage of and value, and hope that I have not abused in these several years... but if it is abused by others, then those managaging the forums will have no choice- I will lose it, and that means that "Presumed Lost" will be no more.

So, yeah, I probably have no choice but to shrug it off.. but I do really hate to see it here.