When you mentioned that article about Google and FaceBook censoring (or rather, refusing to run the ads) the ashleymadison.com site, I went over there and made a puppet account just to see what the fuss was all about. I got three messages within a day without changing the profile from the default, each of which would have required paying at least $70 to view, and I also found out that they want to charge $20 to remove a profile from the site completely. It really seems like a scam more than anything else. (Obviously I didn’t give them a red cent.)

You didn’t really take a position on the article – just said, it was “interesting” – so I’m curious if it makes a difference to you if the site’s legitimate or not, and if you think Google and FB would have any culpability for advertising something that’s pretty clearly a rip off. IMHO it seems to be a pretty clear scam – take a pile of money, fail to deliver, then charge to clean up the evidence. It’s not like someone who hoped to use the site for its stated purpose could sue or otherwise complain without admitting they’d used it.