I'd like to offer my 2 gil.

Sometimes I do get in the mood to look up a venue to go to but have to agree that certain aspects are getting a bit overboard.
-The shouts in and of themselves aren't anything I take issue with, the FREQUENCY of some of them however is becoming one.
When the game started shout was really intended to be an open channel for people to converse and occasionally shout out for help for things or offer to help people with things etc. There is no reason that these 'ads' should be an issue to a certain extent.
Where the frequency has started causing a problem is that it's getting nearly impossible to even use the Shout chat for any other purpose. Even just one person throwing it out now and then is one thing, but when you have 5-10 people shouting the same copy paste BS for the same venue it's not just a problem, it's freaking annoying and is more likely to make people HATE the places without even giving them a chance.

-By extension, while not as much of an issue the same type of thing is becoming an issue in the Party Finder even with it being kept to the OTHER tab (which I am glad that was finally accepted and used as a solution). Now I say this not necessarily to SE but maybe some that are involved with the venues.
Again, let me make it clear, I and many of my friends DO enjoy looking through these venues and use the PF to decide where to go. The problem with repetition is again, some of them are posted over an over by 10 plus members. This not only drowns out other venues, but most agree that seeing the same thing all over comes off as pretentious and annoying and once again, is likely to make people ignore a venue that they really may enjoy just on principle.

In the end I can't and won't tell anyone what to do but just wanted to leave my thoughts on the matter.