They can show ads (to gain weight) but they are not allowed to create ads. This ensures no one accidentaly links to them.
yfs1, Thanks for the simple response, that makes sense and doesn't totally isolate risque' site owners from using part of the co-op. thx, tom
By the way, I am basing my response on other sites I have seen showing ads and when brought up Shawn has always said you can't control who links to you and that as long as they didn't run ads for that site they were fine. The actual TOS states So take my response with a grain of salt and make your decision from there. I have never seen Shawn actually state "Porn Sites are fine", I have only ever seen him make assesments on a case by case basis. <end disclaimer>
Good clearification ysf1, since there are levels of content that people consider porn, I guess all sites are up for review. later, tom