Are giveaways "service", or just some random extras?Well...
Post in the giveaway threads about restrictions are inconvenient to advertisers, MR can stay otherwise but that is the reality. Yes we can use the site rules to move inconvenient posts out of sight to most readers so advertisers are happy...
I was not disparaging MR staff, unless they are management/owners because they are happy to reap in advertising benefits from the 50% foreign readership on this site all the while not offering everyone the same services. We keep hearing how international laws are so complicated, yet the US with 50 different state laws on gambling is probably the most complicated system in the world to navigate. In many countries there's only a law to deal with this, you can or you can't... Simple.