Give the advertisers a smack across the head and tell them: "We will put text ads, you know, the kind that annoy no one and actually provide enough information for people to click on. This is briliant. After slashdot manages to get rid of the advertisers (which pay for the site), maybe they can start telling each one of the visitors (especialy the ones that pay) to go fuck themselves. In this way, they can lower their costs because the less people that are looking at the website, the less money they will lose. Also, don't forget - Slashdot has been owned, in the worst way, by Andover. Andover is only here to make a profit. People who use this site and are not interested in helping it generate money, via ads or subscriptions, are a parasite and will be removed. Get used to it people - the world is not a happy place and shit is not free all the time!