They weren't supposed to be ads. I wanted the news feeds but will be dropping at least the MotoAmerica one. I like the org, but won't deal with the crap ads.
It shouldn't be logging you out. I'm on two different laptops and my phone all day. Haven't logged in since the switch. I'm fronting the site through Cloudflare. Could be one of your devices haven't updated dns.
This is insane. I can't believe people are going to fall for this give up privacy to fight terrorism crap again. Did the Patriot Act not teach them anything? This is just depressing.
It's that the text editor saves your message as a draft. It sucks sometimes, but is awesome others. To clear it on mobile (for now until I find a fix) just click the source button then select all and delete.