[matkoniecz]

> My username was the website.

So every post you made WAS an ad.

> I quit my paid advertising there to boot

Note that operator of subreddid and moderators receives no benefit whatsoever from that.

[dhimes]

My user name wasn't clearly an ad. I use that same username on, for instance, the Coral City webcam chat. I remember one person on the subreddit getting an "aha" as s/he was asking something and I wouldn't direct him to my site, but I said this information was available on the web.

I tried very hard to not be spammy. I always offered information.

I think I at least deserved the opportunity to discuss it.

The mods don't receive benefit directly from the ads, but I bet somebody at Conde Nast (or whoever owns them now) cares.