I would rather not have ads on PeakD. Buying and burning Hive is great; having the option to hide ads when I read or curate is also great; but the idea that people are going to be looking at ads while viewing my content is very, very disturbing to me. As @ juliakponsford wrote
Also I counted 4 ads on my recent post, one even right at the top, so you see an ad before even seeing any of my content.
To me it cheapens the site if the ads in anyway block or intrude on the content. One way I judge the legitimacy of a website is the placement and quality of the ads. If we have to have ads, please keep them as unobtrusive as possible, and well-sectioned away from the real content.
Would it be possible for content creators to prevent ads from appearing in their posts? One of the things I've loved about creating here on Hive is that I can share my stories and photography in a clean, professional manner, without commercial advertising, where the focus was exclusively on the content. If, before viewing my landscape photos, a viewer/reader has to first see some bizarrely colored ad for a sketchy gambling website, it completely demolishes any kind of mood or feeling I'm trying to create in my post. I can't imagine any of the serious artists on Hive are going to be cool with that.
I love PeakD, and I hate to rock the boat and come out against this ... but I really don't like it.