Catholic ads on Celticsstrong

[Somebody]

I have been freaking out about these ads for a long time now, but to no avail. Anti-masturbation, pro-life, priest persecution, fiery hell on earth - it’s all there, and, frankly, embarrassing for the site/Cs fans.

Byennie has been told about this and a change was supposed to be made. You can see this thread from last year:
https://forum.celticsstrong.com/index.php?topic=102429.0

[pearljammer10]

Two ads that I see currently are:

“Break free from **** - Restoring God’s Foundation” (edit, I love how we can’t write the word p orn but can see an advertisement with the word in it).

And

“Buy a Jeep Cherokee”

[Sophomore]

I think in general ads have more to do with your browsing habits than the site itself.

I’ve been seeing them pretty much every time I’m on the site. I’m not Catholic, or really religious, so I’m not sure what it’s be about my browsing history that would put me on their radar. Nothing much in my demographics or browsing history would suggest conservatism.  Seeing an ad for seeds, which I’m told I should buy in case civilization collapses.

[arctic 3.0]

It’s definitely a c-blog thing
I get “Persecuted priest summit”
And “join the catholic resistance “

[Roy H.]

Are they only when you’re on a PC / laptop?  I saw one the other day that I thought was over the top.

I mostly laugh at the ads, but they’re at best distracting and at worst offensive.  I don’t want anything that delves into politics or religion or that isn’t “family friendly” advertised on here.

But seeds?  Sure, sell me some seeds.

[BudweiserCeltic]

I think in general ads have more to do with your browsing habits than the site itself.

I’ve been seeing them pretty much every time I’m on the site. I’m not Catholic, or really religious, so I’m not sure what it’s be about my browsing history that would put me on their radar. Nothing much in my demographics or browsing history would suggest conservatism.  Seeing an ad for seeds, which I’m told I should buy in case civilization collapses.

 

I was assuming these were Google Ads, but now I see they're not. Not sure how these behave then...

And yes, as I was testing, I got a Catholic Ad lol.

[Kiorrik]

I heavily, heavily suffer from ad/banner blindness

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_blindness

Happy I do, because I've literally NEVER noticed these religious ads.

Now that they've been pointed out though... LOL!

[pearljammer10]

Are they only when you’re on a PC / laptop?  I saw one the other day that I thought was over the top.

I mostly laugh at the ads, but they’re at best distracting and at worst offensive.  I don’t want anything that delves into politics or religion or that isn’t “family friendly” advertised on here.

But seeds?  Sure, sell me some seeds.

I see them on both MacBook and IPhone

[SparzWizard]

I think in general ads have more to do with your browsing habits than the site itself.

Not in Celtics Strong. I second the thread's point-- too much religious/political/anti-sexual type ads here.

[Kernewek]

I think in general ads have more to do with your browsing habits than the site itself.

In general, sure, but there are ways to disable the kinds of third party cookies that power those associations... and I can tell you that I get all the same hilarious/awful Catholicism-themed ads.

[mr. dee]

I don't see any religious ads here. I have ads from an online wholesale site though.

[MarcusSmartFanClub]

Just saw an ad for a Persecuted Priest Summit. Ruh-roh George, this is getting creepy!

What line do these ads need to cross before people think it's a bad idea? Showing pictures of a dead fetus?

Protecting priests from whistle blowers seems rotten. Do others disagree?

[jambr380]

Just saw an ad for a Persecuted Priest Summit. Ruh-roh George, this is getting creepy!

What line do these ads need to cross before people think it's a bad idea? Showing pictures of a dead fetus?

Protecting priests from whistle blowers seems rotten. Do others disagree?

Not a dead fetus, but this one was previously making the rounds:

https://dtyry4ejybx0.cloudfront.net/ads/595-1165-1441-95b4b99d-f6e9-486b-bb4c-80d013ce7ec4.jpg

[Roy H.]

Just saw an ad for a Persecuted Priest Summit. Ruh-roh George, this is getting creepy!

What line do these ads need to cross before people think it's a bad idea? Showing pictures of a dead fetus?

Protecting priests from whistle blowers seems rotten. Do others disagree?

I thought the idea was weird, too.  Apparently, these priests aren't "persecuted" because of wrong-doing in a religious sense, but rather for speaking out about stuff they disagree with.

https://www.complicitclergy.com/2020/09/29/our-persecuted-priests/

So, it's probably not as cringeworthy as it sounds.  But, best case, it's religious and political.

[BringToughnessBack]

These ads are brutal. I get one's like Good vs. Evil(guess I am evil since I am not Catholic) and attacked by their bishops- Yikes, religious ads and a sports site just dont mix.