The ads look to have been fairly well cleaned up. Still some dodgy vanity presses coming through, but I don't know how any company can filter those except on a per-ad basis. I do have deep concerns about VerticalScope, in general, and am waiting to see how the GDPR requests play out.
My main personal beef with them, though, is the covert rights (licensing) grab of content, and the outright ownership rights grab of ads. I do not grant them permission for the over-reaching rights grab to any of the content I've posted here prior to being made aware of the new terms. I'm continuing to selectively overwrite posts that are not scam-related that I want to ensure remain out of VS's over-reach (and yes, it's time-consuming).
As a compromise, I made a clean break with the content I don't want under VS's control. As my new name, I am posting here with the acceptance of the new terms. But I will always be aware of what I'm posting, and will make decisions on what I post based on the filter of the TOS. So while you'll see very little in the way of marketing data from me going forward, I'll continue to post about scammy behavior and maybe answer a few newbie-type questions while I'm browsing here. My hope is that the Amazon reps who read this board in the past will also continue to frequent this board. Much of what I have to say here, I suspect, will be directed toward them, in particular.