The ads are necessary to help pay for the chips system! I'm certain we can all tolerate a few ads in exchange for what NDN has to offer.

As for the problems you encountered with the ads, I apologize for that! I would suggest clearing your cache and see if that helps the problem.

The ad shouldn't appear too often so hopefully it's a minor pain that everyone can deal with.

As far as the reputation system goes, please allow more time to pass to adapt to the new system.

I understood that people weren't going to be thrilled by the fact that they would earn less chips than they were used to at the beginning, but things have gotten so out of hand that something had to be done to preserve the concept.

The system is designed to reward people who are genuinely interested in contributing to the forum. If you are one of those people, you will soon be earning EVEN MORE chips than you were with the old system - Just give it a little time!

For those of you who were more interested in earning chips and redeeming them - That's perfectly fine too! We have a great system here and it's designed to reward EVERYONE! I'm just hoping that the new changes will encourage more people to contribute more to the forum!

I hope I have cleared up any concerns in this thread, but please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns!