Maybe I'm missing something, Humble. I looked at the home page of Crowder's blog and I don't see any ads. I didn't check the other pages.
Now, there is a small link at the very bottom of the page marked, 'advertise', so I guess he could conceivably get some.
I don't mind giving a blogger hits unless they've shown a clear pattern of trying to steal traffic from FR.
See post number three.
Kinda lines out the whole motivation right there.
On the specific page that was linked from FR are these "Promoted Content from the Web" (aka ads):
"Discount Site sells Apple Products For $25-$30"
"Anyone's Arrest Record is Viewable On-Line"
"49 Year Old Mom Looks 29 Using This Trick"
"New GNC Probiotic Melts Fat Like Butter"
Etc.
Against my better judgement, I did click on the link to this blog. My experience was decidedly different from yours.
I immediately got three pop-ups and one pop-under.
I took a look around for back links to other websites, which is a common courtesy when you're posting in someone else's living room. There were none. (I'm not quite sure how this blog brings traffic to FR without a mention or a back link.)
So I came back to FR only to find that my browser display time was noticeably degraded. I cleared my cookies and then did a restart, only to find two programs running in the background. And they weren't there before I went visiting.
This is one site I will definitely *not* be visiting again.