I've been trying to brainstorm alternate ways to fund CathInfo without having to resort to ǵооģⅼе ads.

Meanwhile, several members have made donations (of various sizes) over the months and years to help the cause.

As a token of my gratitude, CI members who have made any kind of gift or donation in the last 12 months will have ads turned off.

UPDATE 7/28/24: When I say "ads turned off", that also includes removing the pop-up messages that appear when ad blocking is detected on CathInfo.

Because Ads/No Ads is a setting on your actual CathInfo account, that means you can log in to your CathInfo account on any PC, tablet, or phone anywhere in the world and the ads won't appear. So there's that.

I'm not planning to nickle-and-dime members either. What I mean by that: A) I don't care how much the donation is. The gift/cash could be any amount and I'd be grateful. B) I'm not going to quickly re-enable ads on the 366th day after you donated, because "You haven't donated in a year". I'm not like that. I keep the big picture in mind always -- including what % of members have never donated a penny, despite heavy use and benefit from the forum. In other words, a man who donated $5 over 18 months ago would still be in the top 1/2 of 1% of members, as far as support goes!

ON THE OTHER HAND, I don't intend to spend actual money to run CathInfo. Donating dozens of hours a month of my time is enough, as I see it. So if advertising goes down to $10 a month, I'll have to send out a reminder or something. But suffice to say, I won't be singling anyone out.

I have already turned off ads for all donations received after August 2022 -- at least those I have CathInfo member names for. If I missed you, please let me know!

Likewise, if you bought an Amazon gift off my wishlist and sent it as "Anonymous" over the past year, please send me your information by PM so I can turn off your ads. Either send an e-mail to matthew at cathinfo dot com, with your username and what you sent me, or a PM with details on what you sent. I appreciate that some people want to be anonymous -- but unfortunately I can't give any concrete token of thanks (such as turning off ads) when I don't have your information.


WAYS TO DONATE:
1. Paypal. matthew@chantcd.com (note: you might want to send it "Friends and Family" to avoid the 2% fee.)
2. Snail mail. My mailing address is actually posted on my Amazon wishlist. You can easily grab it from there.
3. Venmo https://www.venmo.com/u/cathinfo    Last 4 digits of phone: 7693
4. Zelle (contact me for the phone number/name to use)
5. My Amazon wishlist (for link, see bottom of post)
6. https://cash.app/$developermcd

I'm open to other means; just contact me (e-mail or PM) to make arrangements.


Thank you,

Matthew

P.S. I completely understand you wanting to get ads turned off ASAP. If it were me, I'd make some donation and immediately send a PM saying, "the check is in the mail", "your gift is en route" etc. so I could get my ads turned off a couple days sooner. So I won't hold it against anyone if they're like me in that regard. hahaha

Matthew, I just made an Amazon purchase for you off your wish list.

Did I violate Sabbath rest?

Thanks Matthew! Out of curiosity, is it normal to see an Amazon ad at the bottom of the screen? It’s not bothering me, but I wanted you to know just in case it wasn’t supposed to be there.

I modified the code to remove that ad as well, as appropriate. For one thing, Amazon said they're doing away with "banner ads" in a couple months anyhow. One must use only text links from now on for the Affiliate program.

Gold Club, Supporter, CI Patron, Patron, Benefactor, something like that. Any suggestions?

CathInfo Warrior!
😄

How about Platinum member or Diamond member?

I for one would prefer to keep my donation amounts anonymous, as various individuals have claimed that the reason I haven't been banned is because of donations I've made, and I can similar allegations being hurled at others who contributed.

In any case, I really like the "Hero Member" thing, so I'd prefer to keep that too

I thought of that -- but what is someone really going to say, in the heat of an argument?

"I disagree with you and on that account I think you should be banned. But I know why you're not banned -- because you have donated to CathInfo in the past, which I, for one, refuse to do for various reasons."

What a (fill in the blank)! Who would take such a one seriously?

But I'm not distinguishing how MUCH was donated -- and I'm hoping it will be a big enough group, that it won't be an issue. What I mean by that: if you start calling every Supporter a "sellout" or some such -- then you'll be calling an increasing % of CathInfo that name. "When everyone is racist, no one is racist" and all that.

I just want to point out that I have followed the site for years now, and I can't think of a single time someone hurled that accusation at Ladislaus in particular. While it is certainly possible and probable (given the site), Ladislaus has more to worry about with the content and style of his arguments than being accused of being a :::shock::: donator. Whether or not he's Matthew's buddy wouldn't be the same thing, either. I don't remember if I ever did it myself, but don't worry Lad --- the odds are so low that you should be able to safely climb down from your soap box.

I think it has happened on more than one occasion, just not by you.

What's funny is that sometimes you have "Sean Johnson" vs "Ladislaus" -- both of whom have donated in the past. So there's that...

I don't agree with Lad on absolutely everything, but on "most" things. He's a fellow ex-seminarian and a good source of knowledge/advice for Traditional Catholics. As such, he is an asset to the forum and I'd be a fool not to recognize that fact. I should point out: the same could be said about Sean Johnson. I would like to see the two get along.

Thank you to all who donated anything in the past, especially during the last year (2023).

i.e., all those marked "Supporter" under their username.
May God bless you in 2024 and beyond!