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Not being funny, but this purple bar thing at the bottom.

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BertieBotts · 04/01/2016 13:01

I swear it was originally promised to be "only for important threads" and rarely used. Now it seems to be used for any old thing and as such, I'm far more likely to ignore it because most of the things it advertises aren't relevant to me.

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DownstairsMixUp · 26/01/2016 09:23

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BoreOfWhabylon · 26/01/2016 09:16

I too am feeling the rage at the 15 empurpled breakfasts on offer this morning.

chemenger · 26/01/2016 09:12

Yes Maryz, I came on here to say just the same thing. How is 15 ways to shake up breakfast in any way important enough to need to be brought to all our attentions? I have only seen it once and that was irritating enough.

Maryz · 26/01/2016 09:09

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Fintan · 25/01/2016 18:07

Have now RTFT and see I'm not the only one who was getting the meal suggestions yesterday.

Fintan · 25/01/2016 18:04

We were definitely, absolutely, told it would only be for important threads. That was right at the beginning when lots of us said it was a pain in the arse back then.

Tried to use the site last night using my tablet. Was getting the purple bar of extreme irritation every time I opened a new thread. The message last night was very important. Something about '10 fast and easy meal ideas'.
Fed up of it.

Not using private browsing/incognito.

CrotchetQuaverMinim · 25/01/2016 17:14

I don't log off, either. It comes back within the same session, seconds apart, often as soon as I go to a new thread.

WorraLiberty · 25/01/2016 17:06

It only comes back for me when I log in.

I always log off when I leave Mumsnet, so if I log off/in a few times per day, I'll get the pop up a few times per day.

CrotchetQuaverMinim · 25/01/2016 14:45

No, I"m not using private browsing or incognito or anything like that, just normal ordinary browser. And yet it still keeps coming back, so something is clearly not working properly behind the scenes.

MNHQ

SarahMumsnet · 25/01/2016 11:33

Hey everyone,

So: we've had a proper dig into this, and our findings/thoughts are twofold:

If you click on the purple bar at all - either on the cross to get rid of it, or on the link to go through to the page - you shouldn't see it again. Tech have checked behind the scenes, and this appears to be working at our end; could we ask, therefore, whether those of you who are seeing the same slider lots of times no matter what you do are looking at MN in a private browser or in incognito mode? If that's the case than you will re-see the bar, unfortunately.
That said, having had a look behind the scenes from an editorial point of view, we agree that, due to a lack of joined-up-ness, we've been overusing the bar. We're going to make sure there's one central person who's keeping an eye on everything that we're linking to this way, so that we don't have 15 different people posting different links at the same time and driving you all nuts as a consequence.

Hope this makes sense - shout if you've any further questions!

SarahMN

HamaTime · 24/01/2016 14:47

It's every day now, a different non-important message/thread every day

Think yourself lucky you get something different. I've had '10 quick and easy meal ideas' for what seems like at least 25 years. Every bastard time I click on anything there it is. 10 quick and easy meal ideas.

I can cook, MNHQ, alright, and I haven't clicked on it the last 4 million times I've seen it so I'm not going to start now.

WorraLiberty · 24/01/2016 10:09

Because of this thread, I decided to actually read it before I hit the X button today.

"10 quick and easy meal ideas"

Yes, to put it mildly, that is overdoing it.

YoureGonnaHearMeRoar · 23/01/2016 18:26

It's every day now, a different non-important message/thread every day. This is not what we were told it would be used for! It's really annoying.

DoomGloomAndKaboom · 23/01/2016 18:23

"On the wider use of it, we're going to do an audit ..... see if we're overdoing it"

You are overdoing it.

It's really annoying and i've not once clicked on it to open whatever it is, unless accidentally. I don't look to see what it says now, I just click it gone.

If I wanted an annoying purple thing popping up on my laptop I'd get a Barney screensaver.

Please can we opt out?

CrotchetQuaverMinim · 23/01/2016 18:12

I've complained about the problem every time the bar has started up again, and it never changes no matter how many times tech looks into it!!

The cross closes it initially, but then when you go back to the page (e.g., list of topics), the same bar comes up. Or if you go into a different thread.

I'm on Firefox, on a Mac.

MNHQ

DawnMumsnet · 23/01/2016 16:27

Hi Crotchet, hi TheCrow,

The bar should in fact be deactivated when you hit the 'x' button. That definitely works for some people, so we're thinking there must be a glitch.

Huge apologies - we'll get our Tech team on the case.

In the meantime, if you could give us a few details about the device you're using to access Mumsnet, that'd be a big help.

WorraLiberty · 23/01/2016 12:40

I have to admit I never read it any more.

As soon as it pops up, I just click the X to get rid of it because I find it irritating.

TheCrowFromBelow · 23/01/2016 12:01

Crotchet I have come on to say exactly the same thing. Glad I'm not the only one with bar-rage. I've clicked the 10 easy meals one off loads of times. It's even more annoying as I have actually visited that page already and would now like to unvisit it!

CrotchetQuaverMinim · 23/01/2016 07:55

and what about the point that the cross to get rid of it DOES NOT WORK! That's the most irritating thing about it. It KEEPS coming back, repeatedly, the same one, over and over, the same day, seconds apart. Really. Even if I wanted to click on it, I wouldn't, because I'm so annoyed by then.

MNHQ

SarahMumsnet · 22/01/2016 10:59

Morning folks,

Just coming to update you on this. We totally see your point re anything that could be triggering, and will make sure such things aren't promoted in this way in future. On the wider use of it, we're going to do an audit of how often and why it's used, and see if we're overdoing it; will come back to let you know the results.

Thanks for the feedback, meanwhile
MNHQ

Kirkenes · 21/01/2016 20:42

It's really irritating and please don't assume that the fact that people are clinking on it means that they have done it intentionally.

It may LOOK like I've clicked on it a dozen times but I've never clicked on it on purpose.

.....That's how irritated I am.

DiscordiaVanDiemen · 21/01/2016 15:07

Agree, it's irritating and intrusive, especially as you can't get rid of the thing with its persistent reappearance.

MajesticSeaFlapFlap · 17/01/2016 13:33

Agree. Ditch the purple bar. Its shit, i keep getting redirected

SuckingEggs · 16/01/2016 17:05

Get rid. And it is triggering.

Maryz · 16/01/2016 17:05

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