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« on: July 02, 2021, 11:17:23 AM »

Offline Walker Wiggle

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Am I the only one seeing tons of weird Catholic-related ads on this site? Just curious what these are and who this advertiser is. It doesn't look like mainstream Catholic stuff, it looks like it has a right-wing edge and an ax to grind against the current pope. Again, just curious. (I myself am not Catholic, FYI.)

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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2021, 11:23:38 AM »

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Am I the only one seeing tons of weird Catholic-related ads on this site? Just curious what these are and who this advertiser is. It doesn't look like mainstream Catholic stuff, it looks like it has a right-wing edge and an ax to grind against the current pope. Again, just curious. (I myself am not Catholic, FYI.)


I haven’t noticed. Maybe they are trying to recruit you directly?  :laugh:
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2021, 11:28:27 AM »

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Am I the only one seeing tons of weird Catholic-related ads on this site? Just curious what these are and who this advertiser is. It doesn't look like mainstream Catholic stuff, it looks like it has a right-wing edge and an ax to grind against the current pope. Again, just curious. (I myself am not Catholic, FYI.)

I’ve also seen these and are pretty the only ads I’m exposed to here.

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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2021, 11:42:28 AM »

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They've always had uber religious ads on the bottom center of pages.  I just ignore them.
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« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2021, 11:53:57 AM »

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I haven't noticed

...having said that,  I am Catholic, but I am a "live and let live" kind of Catholic. 

I have noticed some very intolerant people are deeply religious.  Especially the ones that mix politics with religion.  God bless this country for 'separation of church and state'....and may always be that way.

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« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2021, 12:21:03 PM »

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They have been showing up for some time and I think there are other threads about the subject.  I try to ignore or x out the ads.
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« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2021, 12:28:38 PM »

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

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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
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I think in general ads have more to do with your browsing habits than the site itself.
on Facebook, sure, but not here.
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« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2021, 01:22:00 PM »

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

Are you saying that I keep seeing these Catholic ads on this site because of my online, let's say "addiction"?

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« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2021, 01:32:27 PM »

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

Are you saying that I keep seeing these Catholic ads on this site because of my online, let's say "addiction"?

I think in general ads have more to do with your browsing habits than the site itself.
on Facebook, sure, but not here.


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.

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I switched to Ad Blocker as my browser a long time ago  and found pages load faster and you don't see the crazy ads on this site

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« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2021, 03:34:52 PM »

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Keep Religion AND Politics off a Basketball forum, we come here to escape these things.
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« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2021, 05:04:30 PM »

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I zoom in on my phone and usually ignore them.
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« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2021, 12:42:56 AM »

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Weird, but I literally couldn’t tell you one ad that presents on this site. I almost don’t“see” them, And I immediately hone in on the X in the upper right hand corner and X-out the ad right away. The banner ads I completely ignore if they’re there.