Forum:GeoCities and Advertising

Several folks wrote in over the last 24 hours about a topic that I noticed, and I'm sure many of you have also. Geocities (hoster of millions of free web pages) has recently begun putting a geocities logo watermark on every page. This is in addition to that window that pops up every minute or two. What do people think? Is this fair? They are giving free hosting to millions, and can do anything they want, but that watermark has angered a lot of people. James S. Baughn wrote His opinions that you should read. Many people are even talking of fleeing Geocities, is it justified?

My personal opinion: GeoCities can do whatever the heck they want. I don't care, and it's their right. What irritates me is how slow their servers are. A download in the afternoon from GeoCities has a 20% success rate for me- that sucks. I'll tolerate the ad if they'll upgrade their servers. What do you guys think?