Some may say that this isn't the place to put this, but C&V is the only place I visit, and this is where I'm seeing this phenomenon. I just visited an old thread that's back on the first page (let's see old touring bikes) and in the place of old member's photo's I find these huge political ads (stop SOPA). I don't really object to BikeForums taking sides in this debate and putting ads into the threads, but putting ads in place of member's photos or other content, with the member's tag still attached, strikes me as crossing a line.
If I had posted a photo of a bicycle in a thread only to find that a few months later the photo had been removed and I was now supposedly championing one side of an issue or other, completely unknown to me, I would strenuously object. Even if I agreed with the gist of the new post.
Sorry if this has already been addressed somewhere on this site, or if I'm somehow misunderstanding what's going on. I hadn't run across this before.

cheers, Joe