Does anyone understand the point of these ads? I really don't get it, and they're everywhere. I'm not mad, I'm just curious as to what their point is. Am I missing something?
I got the ads as well even if I live in Italy, and that's kind of far from Utah. But most of my Internet history is made by english pages so I don't know.
However I don't get the purpose as well. Are they trying to convert people by advertising on the Internet?
I got the ads as well even if I live in Italy, and that's kind of far from Utah.
Like I say, I don't think those ads are generated automatically based on searches like the other ones; these are programmed in there manually by site admins (most likely).
However I don't get the purpose as well. Are they trying to convert people by advertising on the Internet?
Welcome to the glorious world of organized religion.
I think the popup ads don't differ depending on geographical location. They might be under a completely different system from the regular "stand still" ads.
that's probably the case since people in italy are getting it.
Well... To be honest these ads are directed at (among others) people who went to high schools like mine. At my high school, there were a lot of Mormons, but the majority of people were not Mormon. And, for some reason, there is an abundance of missionaries in my city. This leads to the creation of stereotypes. We're around enough Mormons to make broad generalizations, and at the same time we are mildly annoyed by them.
Basically, Mormons are stereotyped as being a bunch of prudish out of touch white people who have one thousand children and play board games on Friday (and Sunday) nights while eating rice krispy treats. I'm serious about the rice krispy thing, that has even been mentioned in South Park, so it isn't just a local stereotype.
The point of these commercials is to show that this is a rather close-minded view, and that Mormons are actually quite diverse.
Of course, people who don't know about these stereotypes will just be confused. They'll probably go to the internet to find answers, and eventually they'll find out about the stereotypes.
It also might be a rebuttal to The Book of Mormon, a Broadway play put on by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, which satirizes Mormonism.
No, I actually didn't say anything of the sort. I said that the Mormon ads (not me) were probably trying to point out that people who think Mormons are all alike are rather close-minded.
I have a suspicion the site being advertised was around before the musical debuted in March.
I have a suspicion that the LDS church probably knew that the musical was coming out long before that. It has been in production for like seven years. Of course, I'm just speculating here, but this does seem somewhat like a preemptive counter strike. I'm sure the LDS church knew it was about to get a lot of bad publicity, so maybe it was just getting a head start on damage control.
No, I actually didn't say anything of the sort. I said that the Mormon ads (not me) were probably trying to point out that people who think Mormons are all alike are rather close-minded.
Ohhhhhh alright thanks for clearing that up for me.
