[minimaxir]

It should be noted that Disqus ads are opt-out, meaning that new accounts have to explicitly disable ads.

Ads were OK when they were text link to another site a la AdWords: it was clear that they are ads. Native comment ads, however, can be deceptive.

[cordite]

They were okay.. but I actually sent back some feedback to them by showing other "related" articles. The trashy ones. You know, showing a picture of someone groping their belly fat and mentioning some diet.

This was on a programmer's static blog compiled by octopress. I really felt like it lowered the quality of my experience reading the post, even though it was entirely Disqus's fault and not the author.

[bergie]

Interestingly I don't see an opt-out option for sponsored comments in the admin panel.

[jamesbritt]

Do you already have ads turned off?

[bentlegen]

This is no longer true – they're opt-in. And by invitation only.

[minimaxir]

I checked my admin and you appear to be correct.