Greetings Everyone!
I have installed Google Adsense on the forum, after much thought on the matter. It was a tough decision, because I don't like advertising, but on the other hand, I have always done the projects I worked on for free, and yet as my time became more constrained, I had to neglect things that did not provide me with income in favor of those activities which did...in short, I have had to neglect some of my volunteer projects when I had paid engagements (such as my web development side business I am in the process of establishing). At this point it is an experiment and we'll see how it goes. If I generate income from this site, for instance, I will be able to upgrade it more often and promote it better, etc.
Google Adsense, as I understand it, generates ads in two ways: it looks at what is written on the pages it appears, but it also uses data it gets from your google account if you have one and choose to share information with google. So, for instance, you may see an ad for a website domain name service, even though we aren't talking about that here, because you wrote an email to someone else about websites or because you searched on google for website domains. Note that this is something you do have some control over, and those concerned about privacy should consult their google account privacy settings, or switch to a non-google account if it bothers them.
Also, those who are strictly opposed to ads can install various ad blocking ad-ons on their browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer.
For the time being, there will only be an ad after the first post on each thread. This should be a minimal distraction for those who hate advertising.
If you should notice any inappropriate ads being displayed, please contact me at gocraleigh@gmail.com with the subject line "Inappropriate ad on EuphrosynosCafe.com" and I will block it from re-ocurring.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
In Christ,
Fr. Anastasios
PS: Of course, if someone wants to donate a few hundred dollars a month to me, we could forgo the ads altogether Just sayin'. I don't want to come across as greedy, but the issue is that trying to do everything I have done over the past 4 years has taken its toll on me and my family.