Am I the only person on O.S. who is struggling with these ads from The Economist (you can't miss it - Big, bold red box eating up the screen acting as an impenetrable fortress to O.S. content)?  Yes, I have tried hitting the little 'x' on the left hand corner to close the screen - It does not close, despite my erstwhile efforts. It would seem that I am being forced to click into the OTHER little box, the one that will take me into the ad itself, (with attached marketing video, I assume - although to date I have managed to avoid clicking into this, out of sheer stubborness).

 At times the ad disappears, only to resurface, like an entity being "beamed up" onto The Star Trek "Enterprise", ghostly and nearly hollow, just when I am trying to click into a post, or my own blog. This happens again and again and again, and as of this morning, I at last admit defeat, for I am not willing to click into the ad like some hapless sheep or lemming.

 Those O.S. users (including myself) who expressed concerns about the various ads that were inserted into our personal blogs were ignored and the ads continued, for obvious, monetary reasons. However, I cannot imagine I am the only O.S. user who is literally unable to use this blog-site due to The Economist ad. Between this and the plethora of postings that garner only a few reads unless made Editor's Pick, O.S. appears to be disintegrating into a pile of pop-up, viral-type ads, with actual blog-content existing in between, and only as a passing thought.

 Guess it is time to follow the Northern Star while kicking the O.S. dust off of my boots. See ya around, cowboys.