There has been talk about putting ads on Chatting Time, and just having them for guests. This I do not mind, especially if they are placed properly and they are mostly text ads and not big picture ads like SMF sometimes has.
I have ads on all my forums and to be quite honest most users find it acceptable as long as they don't ruin the users experience. We all gotta pay the bills 🙂
I do however have one forum that runs purely on donations so no adds necessary!
Yea, I have ads, but I plan to remove them and replace them with ads my users buy. I'm building an Network here. I will soon release my Website, and connect to other websites.
I've just bought a new IPB license. I really no longer have the ability to pump more money into my forum unaided, so I'll be putting up ads when we convert. It's just going to be a header and a footer ad, so hopefully we won't get complaints.