I have found over the past few years that I use SummitPost less and less. I was never a big contributor - occasionally posting photos comments etc and it has been three years or so since I contributed a route description.
Today I went back on SP and realized what the problem is. It's those stupid annoying ads that flash on and off at the bottom of the page! As they flash one has to attempt to hit the small "x out" box in the upper right corner of the ad, which I find very difficult as most of my browsing I do on my iPad.
In the past few years the usefulness and complexity of both Lists of John and Peakbagger have improved to the point where SummitPost is no longer necessary, and about as useful as an AOL account. Add to that great personal blogs such as Bob Burd and Kathy Wing have for us Californians, and the value diminishes even more.
I don't mind ads and I understand the necessity for the financial success of any commercial website. But does it REALLY have to be one of those rapid flashing types? One can't even read the larger non-ad part of the page as that shakes with each ad flash as well.
Personally for me the annoyance factor far exceeds the usefulness factor, so I suspect it will be some time before I return to the website.
Dan Baxter
Fresno CA