The ads only show up on leo and ad shares are given to the user who posts on leo threads when those threads are viewed within leo and the ad shows up. The ads are thin and I hardly notice them. shh dont tell the advertisers. You can reply to leo threads from any front end.

Anything posted on leo threads ends up in a leothread post where each thread is a comment to that post, so posting on threads will show up on other hive apps like peakd and eccency but it's so hard to find it's hardly relevant. I am not sure about ads on non-thread content, I think they are still working on that, the main focus of ads and revenue sharing was threads.

I find that leo tends to reject my ideas that I share with them initially but then implements them later on, either thinking it over a while or hearing the same thing from other people and letting that change their mind. I like that flexibility even though at times I wish I was recognized for my good ideas :-P

I am less absolutist than you. I feel like as long as we have choices and variety, I'm good. If there is something missing, someone should create it and people will use it if they want to use it. I don't really mind a little slit for an ad if it keeps the project stronger. There can be new better projects as more people move away from the social media giants into a wider variety of smaller projects. I am always looking for something that's better than before, not something that is perfect, cause I'll spend most of my life waiting for that 😉

You could always join blurt if you want....not really my thing but to each their own