Not really.. I know many mom & pop forums that had symbiotic relations with a particular vendor. Sponsorship for the forum, special pricing for forum members..

Not really.. I know many mom & pop forums that had symbiotic relations with a particular vendor. Sponsorship for the forum, special pricing for forum members.. Stuff like that. That's a very different thing to just dumping ads on people because they looked at one video about a dog. Of course such forums have become pretty extinct recently but for some interests they are still there.