Thanks for your input. Isn't it even worse if they are making ads through their own profile? Then we are getting bombarded by 'hidden' advertising. Whereas if it's a banner ad, at least we all know what it is. Second, I don't understand how allowing banner ads would make it corporate-controlled? Please help me understand this, as clearly most people agree with you, I'm open to the idea that I'm uninformed/misinformed on this issue. I use great websites that have banner ads, like the NYtimes for example, and it doesn't seem like those sites are being controlled by the advertising industrial complex. I figured if it's good enough for newspapers, which are supposed to be impartial, why isn't it good enough for Steem? How would it corrupt the system?