I don’t get this weird umbrage people are taking with the CAF decision. It’s their executive team and board’s decision.
It’s partly because some people perceive it as a sense of community. There are not many places that people can converse with likeminded people on catholic and worldly topics, because many western countries have now become secular, and religion is almost seen as a “taboo” to talk about. Perhaps in the USA, people still freely wear their religion on their sleeve, but in Australia , it’s so not talked about openly, to the point where some people feel uncomfortable to even put up a Christmas decoration in the office that has reference to Jesus.
They can make any decision they will, but one still wonders why make the choice to shut down an international community that brings a world-wide Catholic presence to the world via internet.
There are a good number of prominent Muslims on Youtube and other social media who have subscribers sometimes in the millions, and young people “flocking” to their teachings, but there is not a lot of this “outreach” on a mass scale on the Catholic scene, so it’s a bit perplexing why shut down one of the few interactive “large Catholic presences” on the internet.
Trolls and hackers- every website receives hacking attempts, but this actually should be expected more for a Catholic site, because for some reason trolls/hackers seem to be more fascinated with the Catholic religion. Perhaps it is Gods will. I.e., they may be seeking something in some distorted way
