I will let you all on a little secret. If you do not let things offend you they won't. I never see the ads on this site because I don't look at them or for them with a little practice anyone can develop this skill. This works for me.
Yeah I don't pay much attention to them, but it is not a realistic expectation that people are going to decide to either be not offended or (as is mostly the case here) not concerned about the proliferation of certain ideas.
The thing that confuses me most is that I have always suspected (I've been aware of these ads for a while) that the site organizers are not supporting these ads in any way. I have assumed that CStrong is not getting paid by these "advertisers" but that the ads appear through a magic of internet that I have no understanding of.
Am I wrong? CStrong isn't being supported financially by these advertisements, right?
Pretty sure CelticsStrong is making money off them. Now I think byennie sold the space to a media company that puts on whatever type ads they have and that he didn't go out and sell the space directly to the company being advertised.
I'm pretty sure. Okay, I think. Maybe.
But the site is definitely selling the space to generate revenue. Hence, free site for us CSers
I know that during the Celtics blog days, Jeff had veto power over any ad that advertisers put on the site, through a third party or not.
I think that the current arrangement is slightly different, or ar the very least the third-party provider is less responsive.
But yeah…. Ideally, advertisements would not touch upon religion, politics, or sex. That said, if it’s the only revenue stream to keep the site running, I can overlook it.